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mihochan
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 Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: Why Gentoo Sources? |
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Can someone explain why I should choose the Gentoo kernel over the vanilla kernel?
What are the pros and cons of each choice?
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Dlareh
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See http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/
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mihochan
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thanks
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cvncpu
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on the same note, is there a reason to use portage to get vanilla sources instead of just downloading them from kernel.org?
when I get a kernel, it's from kernel.org since the latest kernel doesn't always seem to be the one that portage has.
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PaulBredbury
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| cvncpu wrote: | | is there a reason to use portage |
Yes - automation, standardization, and all the usual "benefits of a package manager" reasons. There's e.g. git-sources, and you can rename it to whatever version you like, in your local overlay. |
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