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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:52 am    Post subject: Gentoo on Windows? Reply with quote
Gentoo is said to be a meta distribution. Today it supports Linux and FreeBSD. Will there ever be support for other operating systems like Minix or Windows?

Personally I would really like to install open source program in Windows via emerge instead of via risky binary installs.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Everything is risky in Windows. How is source install less risky than binary?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Irre,

Well there was, very briefly, GeNToo - Gentoo on the NT kernel

More seriously, there is Gentoo on cygwin
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jaglover wrote:
Everything is risky in Windows. How is source install less risky than binary?
If source code passes DISTFILES it will be visible to many experts. And the program will be built in my computer with my use settings.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NeddySeagoon wrote:
More seriously, there is Gentoo on cygwin
I didn't know that, interesting!
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