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Build From Source vs. Packages?
mod_critical asks: "I am a student at the University of Minnesota and I work with a professor performing research and managing more than ten Linux based servers. When it comes to installing services on these machines I am a die-hard build-from-source fanatic, while the professor I work with prefers to install and maintain everything from packages. I want to know what Slashdot readers tend to think is the best way to do things. How you feel about the ease and simplicity of installing and maintaining packaged programs versus the optimization and control that can be achieved by building from source? What are your experiences?"
But why would you ever use Gentoo in a production environment?
FEED ME.
Okay, first off, "NTH" isn't a word.
Second, if your too stupid to figure out what I meant, that's your problem. Why don't you get a job working as an editor or something, you grammar nazi. This is a public discussion board, not a magazine editoral.
Third, it's proper English to indent paragraphs.
Forth, you wrote "!!!!.". Are you even aware that an exclamation mark ends a sentence? You don't put a period at the end, that just makes you look dumb..
It amazes me how high and mighty AC's can think they are.. Yes, I realize your trolling, but the fact you got modded informative say's a great deal as well. How can someone who doesn't know how to form a sentence bitch at someone who uses an incorrect word? Get a clue, YOU'RE not that smart.
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That's really freaking harsh. If you're an American; I hope whoever is reading over your shoulder belts you one with your own stapler. If you're not an American; may you benefit *and* suffer at the hands of one. Either way, you have no respect for the dead. You have no honor.
(Note to Mods: I know, OT/Redundant/Flambait/Troll. But I will not hide behind AC for this one. This is Karma well-burned. Bring it on.)
"When I am king, you will be first against the wall..."
Real geeks compile from source. Only wimps use binary packages.
This is a test. This is a test of the emergency sig system. This has been only a test.
Only if you first tell me what joy you get in posting "First post!!!".. Hint- Your supposed to post that as an AC....
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