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Re: [News] Gentoo Turns 10

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

...sure it is.

However "redundant" is not a bad thing.

> 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.
>


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