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While I agree using ports/portage is easier, it generally misses things and/or adds things I dont want/need and/or doesnt use the specific version of the software that I may want to use (say x264 gets a new revision that does something I want (which is usually always)...the ports/portage version may not get updated for a few days and that can be annoying). I've been using freebsd now as my *nix os for give or take 8-9 years so I'm very familiar with it. I've written some scripts to auto cvs/svn specific software I use to install the system for me (stuff like bash, gcc, etc). As for the rest, well I actually enjoy hands on installing and configuring of the software myself. Thanks for your input though as that was definitely a good point.
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