[gentoo-user] About using only precompiled pkgs

2017-07-05 Thread Harry Putnam
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 w

Re: [gentoo-user] About using only precompiled pkgs

2017-07-05 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 8:57 AM, 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. As long as you use the default USE flags I don't see why you wouldn't be able to g

Re: [gentoo-user] Choosing between system profiles: hardened and desktop for desktop installation.

2017-07-05 Thread james
On 07/04/17 23:16, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 01:37:38PM -0400, james wrote > >> W. Dnes is the king of minimalist here, so when he gives advise >> realize it has decades of experimentation to get to where he is on >> minimization. > > Not exactly "decades". I first started l

Re: [gentoo-user] About using only precompiled pkgs

2017-07-05 Thread james
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Choosing between system profiles: hardened and desktop for desktop installation.

2017-07-05 Thread Martin Vaeth
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday 04 Jul 2017 10:14:23 Martin Vaeth wrote: >> >> With modern browsers and their complexity, you can expect that any >> website (or the one who has hacked it) can do anything which the >> user of that browser can do if he is sitting on your seat. > > Have you seen a