From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LV6BD-0001ws-PJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:30:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE72E0563; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E075E0563 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D6364295 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.68 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.68 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.148, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vGa4np52KAWj for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A256434B for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LV6B1-0000tk-64 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 Received: from 65.111.170.175 ([65.111.170.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 Received: from grante by 65.111.170.175 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: "optimized for your system" -- huh? Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:26:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <498ABBA6.4020102@wrkhors.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.111.170.175 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 305b653a-b3f0-4398-946b-17167580aa4b X-Archives-Hash: 1d3ec8eede7a1b4a593dbac5ef1d15c5 On 2009-02-05, Steven Lembark wrote: > >> A downside is that you'll need fast machines to comfortably build >> packages. I wouldn't use it on my Pentium 3 800Mhz for example. That >> would take ages to compile system/world with recent GCC versions. I >> guess GCC was much faster in the 2.x versions back then? > > How painful is it, really, to run the job when you > are asleep or away from the machine? Cron the update > or use "at" to get the changes you want when you are > away from the console. If you can spend a week installing Gentoo, it's not a problem. If you need to have a machine up and running in an hour, it's a problem. Building OOo on the last install I did took well over 30 hours. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! HOORAY, Ronald!! at Now YOU can marry LINDA visi.com RONSTADT too!!