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On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:45:31 +0100 Marc Stürmer <mail@×××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Am 25.11.2014 um 18:44 schrieb Gevisz: |
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> > It usually took me from 10 to 20 minutes to download my daily updates |
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> > in Ubuntu. For big packages - about 40 minutes or even more. |
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> >> That's the time saving aspect |
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> > lol :) |
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> Not "lol", it is like I told you. Binary distributions are a big, big |
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> time saver compared to a rolling update source based meta distribution |
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> like Gentoo. |
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> Another reason why many stick with Distros like e.g. Debian, SuSE or |
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> Ubuntu is: |
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> * you got a standardized environment/system. |
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> That's also a very big requirement if using it in a corporate |
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> environment, if not the most important one. |
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I do agree with you concerning the corporate environment. |
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Moreover, if I had to maintain a dozen or more *different* computers |
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for other users, I would prefer to use some binary distro with a |
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standardized environment than to set up a custom configuration |
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(including the kernel options) for each of them and then compile |
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everything on each computer. |
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However, I do prefer to setup every possible option for my convenience and |
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compile everything for the better performance on my personal computer. |
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And for a personal use and not super fast connection to the Internet, |
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spending time for downloading updates every day is indeed annoying. |
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Moreover, if I had to maintain computers for *other* users, I would not |
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mind to upgrade their binary distributions every 2 or, better, every 5 years |
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even if *their* working environment would every time change from Gnome2 |
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to Unity and then back to Gnome3. |
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Especially, if it is not my duty to retrain them for this new environment. :) |
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But for myself, I would prefer that my desktop interface would change as |
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little as possible, and only in the direction I want. :) |
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> I am not saying that this is not doable with Gentoo, but to achieve it |
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> with Gentoo you've got to implement quite some things. For Debian e.g. |
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> it comes free out of the box. |
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