From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F7AZM-0004jF-3X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:06:40 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k19C5ZCg012856; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:05:35 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.198]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k19C0RTA011494 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:00:28 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i3so282023wra for ; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:00:26 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=t/ol+BKK4Vs+Unh1uiUpZ/6t/px/sRJGYxEvh7HLl4TQ2Smg8rz9pTEAMVDDCNcQHCi8RjfTSrZnvMS6a2kl/qtDo8ZYSoHfvOVuGha9Ghc7PEgk+7lA1OoaSaW8YLx7DlU6MgxqSVPYIvF933jCkJd8HK8wHe/EH7lTtDUWccs= Received: by 10.65.145.2 with SMTP id x2mr21799qbn; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:00:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.211.16 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 04:00:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <342e1090602090400p6a0498f3rc4a9089dffe8c601@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:00:26 -0200 From: Daniel da Veiga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo 2006.0 In-Reply-To: <43EA8C2F.9040903@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <200602081601.24154.schroder@ntplx.net> <20060209101040.608F.NICK@rout.co.nz> <43EA8C2F.9040903@gmail.com> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k19C0RTA011494 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k19C5ZCx012856 X-Archives-Salt: b5f9bbb2-73dc-4874-aca9-391ef60405c7 X-Archives-Hash: 7fcefd14a69e929e01729590a08cef8f On 2/8/06, b.n. wrote: > Jorge Mart=EDn wrote: > > Exactly, what I don't want is to Install 2005.1-r1 stage3 and then ha= ve > > to update the stage3 it takes too much time to compile the updated > > version of glib and gcc. > > > > I also like to have GRP packages for Gnome and so, my Home Internet > > conection is not too fast so I prefer to update the less packages I c= an. > > Ehm... So, what's the purpose of running Gentoo in your case? > m. Gentoo has many advantages, the whole "compile from source" of course is the main stream, but add to it: control over the system, dependencies and software by using emerge, either with GRP or downloading source elsewhere, scripts for updating, config file protection, a extense (the best) documentation, glsa check and fix, special gentoo patches for a lot of apps, the feeling that you're not alone (this list ilustrates it), and so much more, I am pretty sure there are dozens more, but I got tired... > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list