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I enjoyed installing Gentoo as everything went really nicely and was pretty fun and learned a lot of things (like what is a compiler FLAG). Building the kernel was also ...
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    Gentoo is very nice but ...

    I enjoyed installing Gentoo as everything went really nicely and was pretty fun and learned a lot of things (like what is a compiler FLAG). Building the kernel was also nice. Finished everything fine.

    Now, wanted to install gnome but installing it is so LONG. I know it compiles everything from source to get better performance but compiling gnome is just too long. It took about 3 hours to compile 50 packages off 200. I'll maybe finish 100 more tommorrow while I'm in school.

    I think there should be a way to install precompiled binaries for big packages.

    Just a thought
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    Quote Originally Posted by Juan Pablo
    I think there should be a way to install precompiled binaries for big packages.
    You would like Arch Linux then.
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    I have an Arch CD i downloaded but never tried to install, I'll give it a try this weekend. Or when I get a new hard drive. My 60 gigs aren't enough anymore
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    I second the recommendation for Arch. I've loved it ever since I started using it.
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    They don't have it for Gnome, but OpenOffice, Firefox, Azureus, etc. all do have binary packages available. They're called openoffice-bin, firefox-bin, etc.

    I do understand your complaint though. Fortunately, once you get the big stuff built, it's easier in the future .
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    Thanks, I am liking gentoo a lot.
    But I'll emerge in the traditional way firefox, I think it should be abot 15 minute.

    I have noted that compiling in Gentoo is a lot faster than compiling in other distros.
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