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The point of compiling for ones self

The point of compiling for ones self

Posted Jul 17, 2008 12:51 UTC (Thu) by alex (subscriber, #1355)
In reply to: Is Gentoo Ready for Latest Linux Release? (InternetNews.com) by niner
Parent article: Is Gentoo Ready for Latest Linux Release? (InternetNews.com)

One of the big things that Gentoo offers is a framework for having customised packages for
what you want (as opposed to the distro). Hence it's entirely possible that people will all
have different variants of various packages installed.


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