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Gentoo goes Binary (packages)
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Well we've had binary packages for ages for big builds like firerox and default is still to use source packages.
Still I'm really excited for this, having the whole, or big parts of the package tree, will speed up initial installations by a lot on weak arm systems for example. Now initial installation can be done quick and later you could still compile stuff yourself for the full gentoo experience.