What do you like about your Linux Distro? Lolors17 ( @Lolors17@feddit.de ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square61fedilinkarrow-up175
arrow-up175message-squareWhat do you like about your Linux Distro? Lolors17 ( @Lolors17@feddit.de ) Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago message-square61fedilink
minus-square ClemaX ( @ClemaX@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDoes source-based mean you need to build every package from scratch? How long does it take to update? Do you use it on a laptop or desktop?
minus-square hillosipuli ( @hillosipuli@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoYes, though there are some prebuilt binaries for large packages. I use gentoo on a desktop and updates don’t take too long, minutes. Big updates that cause lot of packages to rebuild can take hours.
Does source-based mean you need to build every package from scratch? How long does it take to update? Do you use it on a laptop or desktop?
Yes, though there are some prebuilt binaries for large packages. I use gentoo on a desktop and updates don’t take too long, minutes. Big updates that cause lot of packages to rebuild can take hours.