Re: [Nolug] Gentoo?

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 09:28, Manuel Lora wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > The Gentoo Way is to totally install from source, and that process
> > takes A Long Time on a P3 500 when you also have to compile X and
> > WM or DE.
>
>
> Heh yes :) On my Athlon 1.1 (with 256 ram), it takes about 16 hours to compile
> openoffice, and about the same for the entire kde stuff. X about 4-5 hours.
> Gnome around the same.

16+16+4.5+4.5 = 41 hours of not being able to use your computer...

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