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Many of the larger apps are availabe as binary (openoffice and mozilla, I know 
for sure).  A quick search + grep ields about 80 binary packages (small 
number, granted). Also, there's support for having your own host of binary 
packages-- handy for large sites. 
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:42:55 -0500
>
> Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Please understand that under Gentoo, the choice to compile everything is
> > just that - a choice.  You can install binaries and you won't hurt for
> > much.  You may have to compile a kernel; I'm not sure how how mandatory
> > that is.


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