Re: A ? for all you old time linux users

[csj <csj@mindgate.net>]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:07:34 -0400
Edward Guldemond <thedebategod@yifan.net> wrote:

> If I had to recompile four parts of my system from source, they would
> be, in this order:
> 
>  1.  glibc, because it is THE library that all programs rely on
>  2.  gcc, because it might speed up compiles
>  3.  kernel, because a correctly tweaked kernel is a thing of beauty
>  4.  XFree86, because I had to include a fourth (X takes FOREVER to
>      build)

I think you're talking about OpenOffice.org. Building X (Branden's X in
any case) takes something like two hours on a sensible system.