[wplug] Whats an Installfest?

[Diana A. Clarion]

Hi Zach,

I looked at Debian several years ago, didn't do much with it.  I actually
started with Slackware 3.5, about six years ago.  Surfing the Web got to be a
little boring after a while, and as I've been around computers since about
1970, I got interested in what made a Linux system tick.

That's where building from source came in.  As I say, I learned quite a lot.
As it is, I upgrade every few months, and look for new things to learn.  My
biggest challenge:  Getting one of the desktop environments to build cleanly.
I haven't managed to do it yet.  I suppose it's a good thing I don't feel the
need to run one :)

DAC

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 04:44:43AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote:
> 
> Hi Diana,
> 
> I like to build from source and am capable of doing so if the needs arises 
> but I don't see need to recompile entire distribution whenever an upgrade is 
> needed. I'll stick with Debian ;-) I have a /usr/local/src and will custom 
> compile some things that I don't want in the package management system or 
> which are just for localized usage. Have you tried Debian?
> 
> Zach
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