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by markokocic 4813 days ago
> Doing a proper "compile newer version of GCC, then recompile GCC with it, then recompile GCC again" voodoo is just tiresome after the first time. Yes you may lose some performance, but chances are your time is worth way more than what the setup takes.

I agree the recompiles take time, but it's not like you are going to sit in front of the computer and stare at the console output window while emerge is running.
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IgorPartola 4813 days ago
Compare a multi-hour bootstrapping process of Gentoo with the under 10 minute installation of Ubuntu. When you are trying to quickly bring up a new server (especially as the old one is failing), this counts.

Also from my years of using Gentoo, you had to babysit a large portion of the initial installation.

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misnome 4813 days ago
Along with having to spend a load of time re-reading the documents because you aren't installing your system on a weekly basis.
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