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The usual scenario...
The usual scenario...
Posted Sep 20, 2006 17:11 UTC (Wed) by emk (subscriber, #1128)In reply to: Gentoo: Excellent if you want a source distro by jbeard
Parent article: My Gentoo odyssey (Linux.com)
The usual scenario is something like, "I need to troubleshoot this network problem ASAP." Of course, to do that, it turns out I'll need Ethereal, which in turn requires GTK, parts of X, and so on. If I'm lucky, some of the packages can be pulled from a binhost.
Like I said, it can be a very good system, depending on what you need. But if you need instant gratification, it has some real drawbacks.
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