Gentoo desktop?

Kristian Erik Hermansen kristian.hermansen-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Mon Jan 21 19:08:01 UTC 2008


On Jan 21, 2008 10:20 AM, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> So essentially this comes down to having nothing to do with security and
> trust but simply a change in philosophy away from the idea that everyone
> should be compiling everything themselves with random options enables
> along with random compiler flags.  The result is saved time for
> installing software, better testing (since lots of people will test the
> same configuration and build), and less waste.

Gentoo does not offer a binary of every source package, so your
argument appears moot...
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