Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 20, 2006 12:07 AM
I became a Gentoo user a while back, and this was my experience.
1. Glibc had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours. 2. Next day, Xorg had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours. 3. Next day, Kde had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours. 4. Next day, Xorg had another minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours. 5. Next day, Kde had another minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
And that is what the gentoo experience is: endless recompilation for every single minor, trivial update to any package.
The good news is that my CPU, usually idle, actually spent a lot more time maxed at 100%.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 20, 2006 12:07 AM1. Glibc had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
2. Next day, Xorg had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
3. Next day, Kde had a minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
4. Next day, Xorg had another minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
5. Next day, Kde had another minor update. Had to recompile the entire thing, taking hours.
And that is what the gentoo experience is: endless recompilation for every single minor, trivial update to any package.
The good news is that my CPU, usually idle, actually spent a lot more time maxed at 100%.
I'm now a kubuntu user and I am loving it!
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