Paul Benjamin wrote:
A source based distribution is OK if you have three things:
1. A fast connection to the internet. 2. A fast processor/hard drive 3. Times when there is low utilization of your CPU/Hard drive and can compile the source you download.
I second this. I tried it out. I have a dual Athlon 1800+ with 1 GB of RAM, and an all-SCSI I/O system. It took me about 3 full days to get a system going with KDE and Gnome. Then I wanted to build Mozilla with Xft2 support, and I was going to have to rebuild everything down to and including X. Pass. I went back to Red Hat, got disappointed with their recent product realignment, and bought SuSE 8.2 So far, so good. I'm just saying that -- to me -- it's a rare person who is going to be happier running a source-based distro. Regards, dk