Re: [Nolug] Gentoo?

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 09:24, Manuel Lora wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > Is *****all*the*time***** burnt compiling a system from source?
> > Things like X, GNOME, KDE (and you'll need libraries for both) and
> > OOo take a really long time to compile.
>
>
> Well, when you're just installing it for the first time, yes.

I guess the issue is "return on investment".

Is investing 48 hours of continuous CPU time in order to make your
system 5% faster (which is not noticeable by people) worth it?
Especially when you have lost use of your system during that time
(emails back up in pop servers, can't play games, blah, blah).

SH's reasons (wanting total control, bleeding edge versions, doing
lots of video work) are valid, though, IMO, although not my choices,
since there are CPU-customized deb packages for mplayer, etc.

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