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On 2009-01-20, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Don't know if this is possible with portage, I switched to |
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> paludis a long time ago. However, with paludis, one can setup |
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> several environments, each with a different set of USE flags, |
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> CFLAGS, etc., where each will be installed into a different |
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> root directory. Inside this root directory, everything looks |
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> like a normal install. |
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> So you could mount the complete filesystem tree of the slow |
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> machine on a faster one (via NFS), compile everything on the |
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> fast machine and let it install to /root_of_slow_box. |
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Thanks, that's an interesting option. Next time I go through |
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this exercise I'll give it a try. |
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>> I chose XFCE for the desktop along with both Abiword and |
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>> OpenOffice. I probably should have installed OOo from a binary |
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>> package, but I decided to build it just to see how long it |
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>> would take (so far it's at about 26 hours and counting). |
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> Hehe, I once did a "Linux from Scratch" install on my Amiga. |
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> Compiling GCC took ages to complete, didn't even dare to think |
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> about something like OOo. |
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> I always use FVWM on low power machines. It's quite fast and, |
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> with the crystal theme, looks very nice. |
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I used fvwm (and fvwm2) for many years (starting with a 25MHz |
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80486 with 8MB of RAM) before switching to XFCE 5-6 years ago. |
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About 10 years ago I configured a couple manufacturing test |
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stations with fvwm95 so that they would be comfortable for |
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people who normally used MS Windows. I think a couple of the |
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users never even realized it was Linux. |
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There was something in particular that prompted my change from |
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fvwm2 to XFCE, but I can't remember what it was... |
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