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On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:23:45 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > The tools flag is enabled by default in the kmod ebuild, so only |
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> > those who choose to deliberately break their system with USE="-*" so |
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> > they can spend time fixing it will be affected. |
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> I did try installing on that netbook without "-*" in USE. Part way |
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> through the install, I already had more exclusion statements in |
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> package.use, than I have inclusion statements in a full install with |
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> "-*". It's a tradeoff, and I'm willing to do the extra work. On an old |
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> Atom netbook, I want to avoid running unnecessary stuff. Let's just say |
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> that optimised Gentoo is way faster on the netbook than the Windows |
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> Vista that it came with. |
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It sounds like you used one of the desktop profiles as a starting point. |
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The more barebones profiles give a leaner system without the drawbacks of |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. |
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