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minus-squareekZepp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoPlease, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·7 months agoThey don’t have to. They GET to.
minus-squareDotcom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoCompiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
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minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoNo problem, tried Gentoo like once over 5 years ago. It was cool and fun but not a daily driver for me.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoGentoo has optional binary packages now.
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWe don’t. We can decide between binary packages and compiling.
Please, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
They don’t have to. They GET to.
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Compiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
That’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
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No problem, tried Gentoo like once over 5 years ago. It was cool and fun but not a daily driver for me.
Gentoo has optional binary packages now.
We don’t. We can decide between binary packages and compiling.