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minus-squareekZepp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoPlease, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoNow is like 10 years if not more, no?
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoThat’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
minus-squarepoinck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoPlease don’t be angry with me, but the package manager is called portage; emerge is just one commandline tool to interact with it.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoNo problem, tried Gentoo like once over 5 years ago. It was cool and fun but not a daily driver for me.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 days agoThey don’t have to. They GET to.
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoWe don’t. We can decide between binary packages and compiling.
minus-squareDotcom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoCompiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoThey actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.
Please, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
Gentoo has optional binary packages now.
Now is like 10 years if not more, no?
That’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
Please don’t be angry with me, but the package manager is called portage;
emergeis just one commandline tool to interact with it.No problem, tried Gentoo like once over 5 years ago. It was cool and fun but not a daily driver for me.
They don’t have to. They GET to.
We don’t. We can decide between binary packages and compiling.
Compiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
They actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.