On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 08:45:31 +0100 Marc Stürmer <m...@marc-stuermer.de> wrote:
> Am 25.11.2014 um 18:44 schrieb Gevisz: > > > It usually took me from 10 to 20 minutes to download my daily updates > > in Ubuntu. For big packages - about 40 minutes or even more. > > > >> That's the time saving aspect > > > > lol :) > > Not "lol", it is like I told you. Binary distributions are a big, big > time saver compared to a rolling update source based meta distribution > like Gentoo. > > Another reason why many stick with Distros like e.g. Debian, SuSE or > Ubuntu is: > > * you got a standardized environment/system. > > That's also a very big requirement if using it in a corporate > environment, if not the most important one. I do agree with you concerning the corporate environment. Moreover, if I had to maintain a dozen or more *different* computers for other users, I would prefer to use some binary distro with a standardized environment than to set up a custom configuration (including the kernel options) for each of them and then compile everything on each computer. However, I do prefer to setup every possible option for my convenience and compile everything for the better performance on my personal computer. And for a personal use and not super fast connection to the Internet, spending time for downloading updates every day is indeed annoying. Moreover, if I had to maintain computers for *other* users, I would not mind to upgrade their binary distributions every 2 or, better, every 5 years even if *their* working environment would every time change from Gnome2 to Unity and then back to Gnome3. Especially, if it is not my duty to retrain them for this new environment. :) But for myself, I would prefer that my desktop interface would change as little as possible, and only in the direction I want. :) > I am not saying that this is not doable with Gentoo, but to achieve it > with Gentoo you've got to implement quite some things. For Debian e.g. > it comes free out of the box.
