> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:52 AM > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Nick Scholtes wrote: > > > Thanks. You've crushed my hope and ambitions and I know wade through a > > thick sludge of bitter anguish. > > > > Wait a minute. You said "99.44% myth." > > He probably should have said 99.44% *pure* myth. > > > > That's . . . . .66% not-myth. So you're sayin' there's a chance! > > That's actually 0.56% not-myth, so not as much of a chance. ;-) > > > What you were hearing is that if a package (including precompiled > binaries), was not available, you could download the source code and > compile it. I think what he read dates from long ago when recompiling was often highly desirable or even necessary for various hardware, and was applicable to basic Linux "apps" and not for proprietary stuff at all. Things have improved so much in the last 3-5 years or so that many old "guidelines" like that are no longer valid. Chuck