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| DATE | 2005-07-21 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Why Linux isn't ready for desktops (Read it
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Paul Marino wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy [mailto:billy-at-dadadada.net]
> Sent: Thu 7/21/2005 12:17 PM
> To:
> Cc: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
> Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Why Linux isn't ready for desktops (Read it and Laugh)
> Paul Robert Marino wrote:
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>>well I'm starting to like Gentoo's emerge tool and the other tools that
>>work with it. I think its actually in some ways more intuitive than
>>aptget.
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> Except that my intuition doesn't usually lead me to wanting to
> wait 3 days of compiling (!!!) to upgrade Mozilla, Kde, or OpenOffice.
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> well you can tell it to use pre compiled packages however most people dont
> because in doing so you loose the flexability of the distrobution. also
> usualy you dont have to doo a multi day compile after the install unless you
>have changed the use option in the /etc/make.conf
Gentoo is for ricers...
http://funroll-loops.org/
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