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140729 behrouz khosravi wrote: |
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> I just concurred my fear and jumped to installing gentoo! |
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^ 'conquered' (smile) : 'concur' = 'agree'. |
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> So far so good! |
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Yes, it's not difficult, but it's a sort of initiation test. |
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> Before installing on my laptop and desktop, |
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> I am trying on virtual box and the system is running Fluxbox very good. |
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Yes, Fluxbox is less well-known than it should be : it's excellent. |
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> Now I am thinking about managing USE flags. |
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> What if I disable everything in the make.conf ( I mean USE="-*" ) |
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> and gradually add the needed flags to package.use? |
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That's what I've done for years, but others will react in horror (smile). |
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It's ok, provided you check the use flags for applications, |
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whenever you emerge new versions : occasionally otherwise, it can hurt. |
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> I just want to expand my knowledge! |
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This is a very polite & friendly list with good advice available. |
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