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Faust:
Actually I think there were some command line options to apt get (--source --build?) to make it compile source .deb packages - after that its just the kernel that needs a recompile (and who sticks with a kernel one version point less than the latest stable? Honestly!) My opinion however is mainly swayed by a few things - I dont game that much, and the games I do play tend to run fine anyway, and I use my box as a hobby server a bit. Also the free local Debian mirror coupled with my high download prices (15 AUS cents / meg) tends to stop me from using Gentoo. ;) Plus if I want I can just go to unstable anyway and have Gentoo pretty much.
Faust:
Is there any way I can download isos of all the gentoo source and burn them to CD? I am interested in trying it (even if I doubt I will be able to live without Debian for long ;) .)
Doctor V:
You can download them from www.gentoo.org
You only need one CD. I did a stage one install, it only requires a very small group of files. It takes the longest to install a stage 1, many hours, but produces the most optimized system. And thats what Gentoo is all about, getting the most out of your hardware. A stage 3 install would start you off with most of the packages you need, and would be very fast to install, and save you from constant downloading during installation.
Charging for downloads by Mbit is just plain morally wrong. Probably has somthing to do with the RIAA. Honestly, it sounds almost crippling for Gentoo, which is setup to download packages every now and then.
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Faust:
I kind of meant to ask whether I could put all the packages on CD first - that way i can use my friends (cheap) internet connection and not have to DL anything as I install it - just pop in CD's.
Doctor V:
OK, maybe my last post made no sense, sorry about that. You can do what you are asking about, I'll try and keep this short:
For installation:
A stage 3 installation with GRP would give you an almost running system with openoffice, xfree, KDE, and Gnome, but not very many other packages. Thats the farthest you can get during installation. This is available with release 1.4rc2. Even with this, you would still need to grab a couple more files, namely a kernel and a bootloader to complete the install, and I don't think they come on the CD, but I could be wrong. Those should not be too heavy.
After Installtion:
You can get any packages from your friends place, burn them to CD, and install or upgrade them on your computer. This link will explain how to do this in detail.
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