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BFay on June 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I dislike systemd

Don't you have to build every package from source with Gentoo? I can see where that would be useful, but isn't it really time-consuming (or punishing, if you prefer that word)?

stefantalpalaru on June 15, 2015 [–]

It wasn't a deterrent when I had a Pentium 3 at 600 MHz, it sure isn't now when I have a FX-8320E at 4.5 GHz.

I actually prefer from-source package installs because I get a higher degree of control over configuration options.

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