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| DATE | 2005-07-21 |
| FROM | From: "Paul Marino"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Why Linux isn't ready for desktops (Read it and Laugh)
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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:
> 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.
Except that my intuition doesn't usually lead me to wanting to
wait 3 days of compiling (!!!) to upgrade Mozilla, Kde, or OpenOffice.
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
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