My duron 750 w/ 512MB did a stage one install in about 5 days in my
spare time.
I just rebuilt KDE to the latest and that ran <72 hours. I also
installed originally
the star office from binaries. It is very worthwhile to compile KDE from
source.
It's much faster.

JMHO,
Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt G [mailto:linux@bizniche.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:29 PM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Gentoo.
> 
> 
> Spare week.....
> 
> I read on the gentoo forums about some install experiences.  
> Sounds like, if
> you start from a stage 1 and then build xfree and kde after 
> that, you're
> looking at weeks and weeks of compile time (depending on your 
> machine.)  I'm
> on a PIII 733 with 512mb ram.  I don't want to spend 10 days
> installing...but isn't one of the selling points of gentoo that very
> building process?  The optimizations and everything?
> 
> If I start with a stage 3, and then install xfree and kde 
> from a pre-built
> package (I assume this can be done as an alternative to 
> building the whole
> thing), will I lose the essence of gentoo?
> 
> I want to be pure, but not at the risk of having my hardware 
> become outdated
> while I try to run an install.
> 
> Matt
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Sissel" <James.Sissel@labone.com>
> To: "KC Linux Users Group" <kclug@kclug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:25 PM
> Subject: RE: Gentoo.
> 
> 
> > I've done several installs of Gentoo from both Stage1 and Stage3.
> Starting
> > Stage 3 you compile your own Linux kernel.  You compile 
> your own kernel so
> > you can have one that works for your machine instead of one of the
> "generic"
> > ones that do everything.  The whole idea of Gentoo is to 
> customize Linux
> for
> > your box to make it better, faster, and more secure.
> >
> > BTW - I compiled XFree and KDE on a 400MHz AMD K6-2.  If 
> you don't have a
> > free week then don't try that.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:JFowler@westrope.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:56 PM
> > To: Rich Edelman; Chris Wagner; KC Linux Users Group
> > Subject: RE: Gentoo.
> >
> >
> > Well, I've never installed from stage 3 before, but then 
> why doesn't it
> list
> > it as a requirement for installation in the Gentoo install 
> howto? Are you
> > absolutely sure it doesn't have a default pre-built kernel?
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-install.xml
> >
> > stage tarball requirements for installation
> > 1 partition/file system setup, emerge sync, bootstrap, 
> emerge system,
> emerge
> > ppc-sources, final configuration
> > 2 partition/file system setup, emerge sync, emerge system, 
> emerge linux
> > sources, final configuration
> > 3 partition/file system setup, emerge sync (optional), 
> final configuration
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rich Edelman [mailto:redelman@speedscript.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:50 AM
> > > To: Chris Wagner; KC Linux Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: Gentoo.
> > >
> > >
> > > Minor correction here... a stage 3 tarball does NOT have a
> > > kernel for your
> > > system.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > On Thursday 22 May 2003 10:56 am, Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> > > > still have to emerge the system and kernel. Stage3 has
> > > everything from 1
> > > > and 2, plus the basic system and a kernel already built for
> > > your system.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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