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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:38:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200905181938.16024.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A11900E.7040800@gmail.com>

On Monday 18 May 2009 18:42:54 bn wrote:
> But anyway you have packages in Gentoo or in Ubuntu: in Gentoo you are
> stuck with what whatever the packagers give you the same. You probably
> have more versions available and some more flexibility, but that's it.
>
> So, I would really want to understand where the Gentoo flexibility beats
> down a binary distro.

One word:

USE

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com



  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-18 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-12  8:19 [gentoo-user] upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel bn
2009-05-13  3:30 ` Adam Carter
2009-05-13 20:14   ` bn
2009-05-13 20:10     ` Paul Hartman
2009-05-13 20:11     ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-05-13 20:27       ` bn
2009-05-17 15:46 ` [gentoo-user] " bn
2009-05-17 15:57   ` Sean
2009-05-17 16:18   ` Philip Webb
2009-05-17 17:32     ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-17 18:59       ` Dale
2009-05-18 11:29       ` Philip Webb
2009-05-18 11:57         ` Neil Bothwick
2009-05-18 14:06           ` Philip Webb
2009-05-18 16:09             ` bn
2009-05-18 16:28               ` Philip Webb
2009-05-18 16:42                 ` bn
2009-05-18 17:12                   ` William Hubbs
2009-05-18 17:39                     ` Alan McKinnon
     [not found]                       ` <20090518175914.GA28829@linux1>
2009-05-18 18:55                         ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-18 19:21                           ` Dale
2009-05-18 18:38                     ` Dale
2009-05-18 17:38                   ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2009-05-18 18:12                   ` Philip Webb
2009-05-18 20:14                     ` bn
2009-05-18 22:15                       ` Alan McKinnon
2009-05-19 16:23                         ` bn

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