hans,
there are some proggies that come only as sources to be compiled
(such as screem for webpage developement).

also, I don't like using the default kernel out of the box
(mostly owing to the fact that I ahve some hardware here
that requires newer modules).

Hawke

"der.hans" wrote:
> 
> Dist version number doesn't mean anything. It's marketing. To some extent
> it's helpful to know if there were minor or major changes, which with
> Linux dists it usally is an indication of the level of changes that've
> taken place, but it really has no real meaning.
> 
> debian doesn't need dist versions at all. They could stay with stable and
> unstable or bo, hamm, potato and woody and it wouldn't matter.
> 
> The probs you're seeing might well have to do with using a devel snapshot
> of gcc and other technical changes, but has nothing to do with the dist
> versioning.
> 
> Then again, other than pine, why do you need to recompile stuff? RH ain't
> exactly slackware :).
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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