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echo: rberrypi
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from: BOB PROHASKA
date: 2020-03-10 03:01:00
subject: Re: self hosting on the P

mm0fmf  wrote:
>
> Unless you have a desperate urge to actually  do the building on a Pi
> then Cross LFS may be the best solution. For me, I've spent a lifetime
> waiting for computers to do jobs, I want things faster. I have fewer
> minutes left on Earth that I have already spent, so waiting for a slow
> (in relative terms) Pi to compile a few GB of source doesn't appeal.
>

My motive is purely philosophical. I like the idea of open source
systems where, at least in principle, one needn't wonder what the
computer is up to. I also don't want to keep more hardware on hand
than is routinely used, for sake of minimizing mental and electrical
energy consumption.

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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