From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from protactinium.btinternet.com (protactinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.176]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A215B2019EC0 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 14:55:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from host213-123-37-20.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.123.37.20] helo=beaky) by protactinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 16hcye-0005s0-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 20:53:04 +0000 Received: from sparky ([192.168.254.4] helo=btinternet.com) by beaky with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16hcyp-000432-00 for ; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 20:53:15 +0000 Message-ID: <3C828D47.8050902@btinternet.com> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 20:53:27 +0000 From: ian.c.smith@btinternet.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020216 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Portage on dial-up connection? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: e61a6a20-422c-476c-a0a2-adb175b2b8d4 X-Archives-Hash: 1622174ec143038fdb27f7d1617e3803 To echo what others have said, for keeping up-to-date, Gentoo is much lower maintenance than a binary distribution. I am a long time Debian user, but it does get a little irritating to download all my X binaries every time someone fixes a typo in the Alpha port, for example. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------------