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Is there any advantages If I compile blender from source by default then download it. Faster build? Faster render? More stable? Etc? Thx =)

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    $\begingroup$ @someonewithpc I'm not sure if it's totally off-topic. The OP is asking why build blender, not how to do it. $\endgroup$
    – gandalf3
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 18:09

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The main reasons to build blender yourself are:

  • If you build from the latest sources, you get the very newest features. You'll also get the latest bugs, so save early and often, and keep the bug tracker open ;)

  • You can apply patches such as this one, and get features which aren't even in the official sources yet.

There are also some hardware-specific optimization tricks you can do depending on your compiler, but these can potentially make blender unstable. Also see the wiki.

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    $\begingroup$ You could also add as a bullet point that one could gets the latest bugs ;-) $\endgroup$
    – stacker
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 18:22
  • $\begingroup$ Thx a lot man -)) $\endgroup$
    – user2439
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 19:01
  • $\begingroup$ @user2439 if you compile for your own architecture, you don't need backwards compatibility, which might run faster $\endgroup$
    – someonewithpc
    Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 19:49

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