Lolors17@feddit.de to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat do you like about your Linux Distro?message-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you like about your Linux Distro?Lolors17@feddit.de to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square113fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareClemaX@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 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-squarehillosipuli@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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.