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minus-squareLembot_0006@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·7 hours agoBloatness is just an excuse to avoid all the problems of installing a new program in Gentoo.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoHang on, what? You’re talking about the extra time (and electricity), or do you think it’s in any way difficult/error prone?
minus-squareLembot_0006@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI’m talking about laziness. And that stuff you named too.
minus-squareDeebster@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m so confused. Gentoo users are too lazy to run sudo emerge thing?
minus-squareekZepp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours agoPlease, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoThat’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-26 hours agoThey don’t have to. They GET to.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 hours agoThey actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.
minus-squareDotcom@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·6 hours agoCompiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoGentoo has optional binary packages now.
Bloatness is just an excuse to avoid all the problems of installing a new program in Gentoo.
Hang on, what? You’re talking about the extra time (and electricity), or do you think it’s in any way difficult/error prone?
I’m talking about laziness. And that stuff you named too.
I’m so confused. Gentoo users are too lazy to run
sudo emerge thing?Please, tell me they don’t have to compile everything.
That’s kind of the point of Gentoo. Though it’s not as hard as it sounds, the package manager (emerge) pretty much does it for you. It just might take a while.
They don’t have to. They GET to.
They actually don’t but it is the way programs are installed on gentoo by default.
Compiling Firefox on my old ThinkPad took 9 hours
Gentoo has optional binary packages now.