The pros and cons of building packages from source as SOP.

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Kate

Note that USE flags only control optional dependencies and do not affect hard requirements - you can set -qt -kde all you like, but if you install kate then it's gonna pull in Qt and KDE despite your flags. If you absolutely don't want something on your system, use package.mask - and if something depends on it, portage will throw an error about it, and occasionally suggest disabling a USE flag to get a mergeable package set.

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JACK Audio Connection Kit

Well if you want to do audio DAW stuff you'll probably want JACK, but most folks don't want that and it can sometimes cause problems if it's installed without your knowledge.

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