Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] seriously screwed up Gtk installation ?FOLLOW-UP

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] seriously screwed up Gtk installation ?FOLLOW-UP
From: Tim Westbrook (iondiode_AT_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 02:04:14 EEST


I have not tried it yet, so take this with a grain , but http://www.gentoo.org/
sounds like an interesting idea.

Its a source based distribution that downloads all of the newest versions of _everything_, and
compiles it on your system. It takes a while to set up , but you get exactly what you want , I
guess. I think it is pretty much a requirement that you have a fast connection though.

Just saw it on slashdot , and it sounded interesting , I might try it on my next box.

Laters
-Tim

--- Paul Winkler <pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:05:09PM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> > Ja, a little more research on Google leads me to the same conclusion.
> > Looks like I'm in for a re-install... or maybe it's time to purchase a
> > new disk and just install a new distro. That will be this week's new fun
> > thing to do, and I can guarantee the next distro will not be Red Hat.
>
> It's sad, I liked them from 4.0 up to 6.whatever...
> they totally lost me with 7.
>
> I got a cheapbytes debian CD, then spent a few minutes getting the
> hang of dselect, configured it to use online sources, and
> (with a cable modem) updated everything to debian unstable
> in a couple hours. Having done that, I don't know if I'd recommend
> unstable to others. I've had a couple minor annoyances, and
> one update that made the system unbootable (thank god for boot
> floppies).
>
> The "testing" distro might be better.
>
> If I were you, I'd take the opportunity to go to a journaling filesystem
> too, at least for /home.
> I did reiserfs, but ext3 would probably be easier to do.
> I haven't seen a forced fsck since I did that...
>
>
> --
>
> Paul Winkler
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