Ramblings

Well, I finally got tired of waiting around on campus for my computer to finish compiling, and I didn’t like the idea of leaving it here in my office over night. So, I remembered that emerge has an option called ‘fetchonly’. This allowed me to grab all the files I would need to finish the upgrade and disconnect from the network. I decided to take my computer back to my apartment around midnight, where I set it back up and got it working on compiling again.

When I got up this morning, it was still going, but it was working on OpenOffice (the last package on the list). By the time I got out of the shower and dressed to go to work, it was done. Whew! Only twelve hours after it had started. Just so someones says it, this long of a compile time is highly unusual. It was mainly due to the fact that I haven’t been able to run the updates in months since I don’t have an internet connection at the apartment. Frankly, I was suprised that it was finished so quickly. I guess I still haven’t gotten used to how fast the new computer is.