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Gentoo Linux 2006.1 released

Gentoo Linux 2006.1 released

Posted Aug 30, 2006 21:30 UTC (Wed) by johnkarp (guest, #39285)
In reply to: Gentoo Linux 2006.1 released by rvfh
Parent article: Gentoo Linux 2006.1 released

To avoid the chicken/egg problem you have to bootstrap your system from
*something*, so a minimal prebuilt environment is included.

Yes, there is support for binary packages, though its generally used for
the scenario where you build your own packages centrally, and distribute
them to your other computers.


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