Ubuntu from source

[Gilles Gravier]

Nah. Discussing Ubuntu is good here. :)

Now comparing Gentoo with NetBSD would not be appropriate...

Cheers,
Gilles

Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> On Thu, September 24, 2009 11:53, Gilles Gravier wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, September 23, 2009 18:40, Tim Tebbit wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Or start using Gentoo.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Been there.
>>> I prefer the Ubuntu values.
>>>
>>>       
>> One of the issues with building from source every time you update a
>> package is that on small / old / slow machines, it takes ages. Having
>> binary distros like Ubuntu makes updates fast, even on smaller hardware.
>>     
>
> Yes. I know. I *have* used Gentoo in the past.
> It's just a theoretical question. Should I have asked it in sounder? Less
> people there...
>
>
>   

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