On 1 Jul 2009 21:55:19 GMT, Gregory Shearman <ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 2009-07-01, TomB <tommy.bongaerts@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 2009-07-01, the following emerged from the brain of Logan Rathbone:
>>> The problem is with the redundancy of compiling everything. It's a waste
>>> of time.
>>
>> Installing from source is not redundant. You can optimize for
>> older/specific hardware. You can configure out
>> options/features/dependancies you don't like. You can customize the
>> application to better suit your needs...
>>
>> There are many reasons to install from source.
>A tiny HDD footprint for the OS on a space-compromised system...
Full control. For example, setting up a diskless nfs-root system is easy
with gentoo.
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