Re: general explanation

Stijn Vander Maelen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 04:45:51AM -0700, Pytr wrote:
> Sorry to bUG. But I'm not grasping this version of Linux.It's 
> source-based...sure...nothing new there..but why does it take a whole day to 
> install and complie basic interfaces and apps? My 500Mhz has been crunching 
> since Thursday morning at 0100 and it's just finished the gnome-sources. Am I 
> missing something? Or does it always take so long to compile a new install on 
> Gentoo?

indeed
pentium 200 Mhz MMX with gentoo 1.2 took almost one day to compile the
base system. the rest was another 2 days :)

stijn
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