Re: [Nolug] Gentoo?

okay, i know im not the only one here with more than 1 system... so one is
down for a day or two.
big deal. thats what your others are for.

 - w.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: 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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