On 17 Apr 2008, at 14:01, Farran wrote:
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Anyway, I was wondering if it's possible to install ubuntu from
source, like you would with gentoo (I think that's right), where
every package installs itself to work with your hardware
perfectly... or does that completely defy the idea of ubuntu?
Gentoo is a source distribution and as such compiles each individual
package on your system using CFLAGS that (so the theory goes) milk the
most performance out of your specific hardware (of course finding the
correct CFLAGS can be a frustrating exercise for a user).
Ubuntu is a binary distribution so you have packages that have been
compiled using CFLAGS that the developers have selected. These are
normally the best choice for the WIDEST range of hardware. With a
machine of your spec I very much doubt that the packages are the
problem and as others have suggested I would check your hardware.
Regards
Huw
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