On 11/3/05, Myth Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > >I'm a Gentoo user... > > > >I have Gentoo running two backend server, 4 frontend only boxes, and a > >couple more PCs where I occasionally watch TV. I run Celeron, P4-HT, > >Athlon and AMD64 systems. They all work great. > > > >I've been using Gentoo for a couple of years now. It's great never > >having to make the FC1/FC2/FC3/FC4/FC5/FC6 jumps. Gentoo boxes are > >always s up to date as you want them to be. No worrying about where > >the next RPM is coming from. You just build code every so often. > > > >NOTE: I am not a computer scientist. I am not an IT guy. I do not > >program. I can run Gentoo and so can anyone willing to invest a little > >bit of time to learn how the system works. It's very a solid > >environment with relatively few wrinkles. > > > >- Mark > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > A little bit of time? Don't you mean alot of time compiling? I have > tried Gentoo and the compiling of *everything* takes forever. I have > yet to find a pre-compiled install that at least gets me going with the > basic xwindows, gnome and/or KDE. I don't mind compiling some things, > but even on my P4-3GhzHT, it would have taken several DAYS to compile > KDE and its tools -- Have I missed something or do they have > pre-compiled packages hiding somewhere?? > > Norm
No, it doesn't take 'forever', but a distro like Gentoo clearly benefits from a faster machine. I don't use KDE, but Gnome compiles in a couple of hours the first time. After that it's generally just a few updates. NOTE: I changed my strategy on all of this over time. I used to build every new thing that came out in portage. Now I only build new stuff I want. In that way Gentoo is not all that different from a binary distro. I build Gnome updates overnight and, to me, it's all done when I get up in the morning. But, granted, it does take a while. My Pundit-R frontend machines took about a day to build, IIRC. I use fluxbox for those. However, they go on working and working and working. - Mark _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users