[mythtv-users] Is gentoo the way to go?

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Mark Knecht wrote:

>I'm a Gentoo user...
>
>I have Gentoo running two backend server, 4 frontend only boxes, and a
>couple more PCs where I occasionally watch TV. I run Celeron, P4-HT,
>Athlon and AMD64 systems. They all work great.
>
>I've been using Gentoo for a couple of years now. It's great never
>having to make the FC1/FC2/FC3/FC4/FC5/FC6 jumps. Gentoo boxes are
>always s up to date as you want them to be. No worrying about where
>the next RPM is coming from. You just build code every so often.
>
>NOTE: I am not a computer scientist. I am not an IT guy. I do not
>program. I can run Gentoo and so can anyone willing to invest a little
>bit of time to learn how the system works. It's very a solid
>environment with relatively few wrinkles.
>
>- Mark
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A little bit of time?  Don't you mean alot of time compiling?  I have 
tried Gentoo and the compiling of *everything* takes forever.  I have 
yet to find a pre-compiled install that at least gets me going with the 
basic xwindows, gnome and/or KDE.  I don't mind compiling some things, 
but even on my P4-3GhzHT, it would have taken several DAYS to compile 
KDE and its tools -- Have I missed something or do they have 
pre-compiled packages hiding somewhere??

Norm