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RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine
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Originally posted by Adeptus
The problem with Gentoo is that, while the result might be great, the installation process is both complicated and likely to take days on a slow machine -- because almost everything is compiled from source as you install it.

I seem to remember a somewhat annoyed Adeptus after they pushed a glibc update.
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Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Woraug on 12-02-2006 at 07:38 AM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Jesus on 12-02-2006 at 11:10 AM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Hank on 12-02-2006 at 12:39 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by andrewdodd13 on 12-02-2006 at 03:40 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Adeptus on 12-02-2006 at 04:06 PM
RE: RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Jesus on 12-02-2006 at 08:06 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by ShawnZ on 12-02-2006 at 04:07 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Woraug on 12-04-2006 at 08:01 AM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by rav0 on 12-06-2006 at 10:00 AM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by andrewdodd13 on 12-06-2006 at 04:39 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by sljaxon on 12-06-2006 at 09:34 PM
RE: Best Linux distro for a low end machine - by Jesus on 12-07-2006 at 02:35 PM


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