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> > Ditto. There is no point to a binary version of Gentoo. If you want that then |
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> > as Michael said just use Debian. |
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> Actually I think a binary version would be pretty cool. I use Gentoo |
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> mainly because it tracks new versions of packages so much better than |
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> debian. In fact, I think I switched from debian out of frustration |
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> waiting for debian to package kde 3.1. Compiling from source is cool |
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> too but it's not what keeps me on Gentoo. |
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> miles |
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what about people on dial-up? If they can have a stable binary of X |
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or Gnome/KDE and OpenOffice perhaps.. and still have source based for the underlying stuff? Rather than have to download and compile these |
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huge ones? Or is that where GRP is headed? |
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As long as there really is a performance/stablility/feature advantage for running Gentoo. Of course that means new binaries if there is a security issue. |
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Binary distributions are often accompanied by a nice glossy version of |
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the installation docs and sold at a nice price too. |
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