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minus-squareLembot_0006@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·16 hours agoBloatness is just an excuse to avoid all the problems of installing a new program in Gentoo.
minus-squareekZepp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 hours agoPlease, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·edit-215 hours agoThey don’t have to. They GET to.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·16 hours agoThey actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.
minus-squareDotcom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·16 hours agoCompiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 hours 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-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoGentoo has optional binary packages now.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoHang on, what? You’re talking about the extra time (and electricity), or do you think it’s in any way difficult/error prone?
minus-squareLembot_0006@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoI’m talking about laziness. And that stuff you named too.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoI’m so confused. Gentoo users are too lazy to run sudo emerge thing?
Bloatness is just an excuse to avoid all the problems of installing a new program in Gentoo.
Please, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
They don’t have to. They GET to.
They actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.
Compiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
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.
Gentoo has optional binary packages now.
Hang on, what? You’re talking about the extra time (and electricity), or do you think it’s in any way difficult/error prone?
I’m talking about laziness. And that stuff you named too.
I’m so confused. Gentoo users are too lazy to run
sudo emerge thing?