[ltp] For gentoo users

[Shux]

Nick Rout wrote:

>I did a binary install on my T20 recently as i simply do not have time
>for it to compile for hours and hours just to get a system up and
>running. Once I have the base system up and running I am usually happy
>for it to compile to update, although i don't insist that it always has
>the latest kde etc (in fact i find xfce4 to be a cery sweet and much
>lighter desktop)
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>you can use the latest grp packages, from the 2004.3 release, or the
>binaries at http://chinstrap.alternating.net (which are more up to date
>but not supported by official gentoo)
>
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>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:05:57 +0100
>Konstantin Filtschew <konstantin.filtschew@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>hi,
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>>I've build my system from stage 1 on my T40.
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>>This took 38 Hours (not kde, xfce4) on a PentiumM 1,5GHz with 512MB Ram.
>>But I have a lot of packages I need. The system itself to stage 3 takes
>>about 6 Hours as far as I remember.
>>
>>Reserve more than 2 days for the whole system.
>>
>>
>>Greetz
>>
>>Konstantin
>>
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>>On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:40:53 -0300 (ART)
>>Mauro Maroni <mmaroni@fi.uba.ar> wrote:
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>>>Hello:
>>>
>>>Did anybody here installed Gentoo from stage 1 in a T20 or similar?
>>>I am wondering how long it could take to build a complete system 
>>>(i.e including X, KDE, etc)...any idea?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Mauro
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>>Building an operation system without source code,
>>is like buying a  self assemble space shuttle without
>>instructions.
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Or you could compile everything before the laptop gets to you and then 
copy it over. :-)
~Scott