On 07/05/17 08:57, Harry Putnam wrote: > I skimmed thru some of the documentation about using binary pkgs > online, but it kind of indicated it might not be possible to get > everything in that format. > > Wondering if using mostly binary pkgs is a biggish hassle or if it can > be done... and done without the time-sink always involved in `emerge > world'..(over time)? > > As a longish time gentoo user (more than 12 yrs at a guess)... I can > only guess at the enormous amount of time I've spent getting thru > various aspects of `emerge world'. I am sure it would be quite an > astounding figure. > > Due to an unusual thickness of skull... I may have spent more time > than the average bear. > > So, can someone be a gentoo user and NOT subscribe to one of the > main tenets of the gentoo view of things. > > >
Yep, just select a gentoo derivative distro [1] that puts out binaries as an alternative. But then when you do not find a binary for what you want, you mostly end up with a 'one-off' to 'hokey' manual install semantic. Most folks astute enough to run gentoo, fear binaries put together and offered as part of a distro. Are checksums enough to ensure the integrity of internet available binaries? I'd suspect that is a common attack vector for today's interlopers.... CoreOS may be good for you, if you can stomach systemd. caveat emptor... hth, James [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Distributions_based_on_Gentoo
