My guess is that a lot of people are afraid of compiling. I have to admit I did the same when I just started using linux, having to learn how to install a program, using a package-manager... I was afraid of using self-compiled things, because I had no idea how to uninstall it if it did't work. Working with packages gives *some* comfort, because that's easy to use, and that's the way the system installed itself (and updates itself).
Also, not knowing where programs go after they are compiled, what all those "/usr/lib /usr/bin ..." dirs are, what has to go where... It is so comfusing at first, that I can imagine that most people (I did) just use the package manager, it just works (most of the time).
But I do agree, since I started compiling wine (gentoo - now using the cvs), a lot of things just worked that didn't before. Now, it is well possible that has more to do with the version of wine, than actually compiling it yourself, but the packages are outdated most of the time...
just my experience...
Krist
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