• gi1242@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 months ago

    I used Gentoo for 3y. in hindsight I wasted so many CPU cycles just because I thought --march=native would make things faster.

    nope.

    you know what made things faster? switching to arch 😂

      • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
        0·
        2 months ago

        Most of the reason to build your own packages is a form of runtime assurance - to know what your computer is running is 100% what you intend.

        At least as a guix user that’s what I tell myself.

          • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 month ago

            This is my experience playing with FreeBSD.

            “These ports are cool, I can compile all the software from source so I know exactly what I’m getting!”

            [This software has 100 dependencies]

            “Well I’m not reading all that, I’ll just click Yes for all”

        • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          Compiling your own packages only ensures that, well, you’re running packages that you compiled. This definitely does not mean that your computer is running what you intend at all.

          Half the time I don’t know what my CPU is executing, and that’s code that I wrote myself.

          • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 months ago

            This definitely does not mean that your computer is running what you intend at all.

            This is true of all programming

            • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 months ago

              I like to imagine that the early heroes who programmed in punch cards and basically raw machine code knew exactly what the CPU was the computer was running, but who knows…

    • atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      That’s easy, just pick btrfs, gnome, pipewire, systemd, gdm, grub, and add flatpak in your additional packages.

      Every other configuration is wrong.

      /s

      • superkret@feddit.org
        1·
        2 months ago

        Newfangled bullshit! Choose ext2, twm, alsa, sysvinit, xinit, and compile additional software from source.

      • Lucy :3@feddit.org
        0·
        2 months ago

        ext4, sway, pipewire, systemd, just use the the standard vconsole, grub and use pacman/AUR/custom PKGBUILDs for everything

          • Lucy :3@feddit.org
            2·
            2 months ago

            Friends.

            But besides that, yeah, other bootloaders would probably be good for my use case, but … I’m too lazy, especially because 3/5 of my machines are supposed to be always on (and 2/5 are remote), so changing bootloader will be a hassle.

  • heleos@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 months ago

    I tried Gentoo recently and I really liked it when I finally figured everything out. I wanted the latest packages similar to arch, but I was basically spending at least an hour every time I started my computer updating. I still really like Gentoo, but it just isn’t for me right now. I appreciate what it taught me about Linux though

    • msage@programming.dev
      3·
      2 months ago

      What did Gentoo teach you about Linux?

      I main it (and am never switching again btw), but I learned absolutely nothing new. Packages build themselves, and everything works.

      I was hoping to learn new things about compiling from source, but I guess I will have to make ebuilds for that.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 months ago

      Compiling dependencies for an hour or so every time I wanted to install something also got a bit old.

  • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    “Tell me one last thing”, said Harry. “did i install Open BSD for real? Or has this business, the dual boot failure , both computers damaged, the sharks, all been happening inside my head?”

    Dumbledore chortled at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry’s ears even though the bright ocean mist was descending again, obscuring his figure.

    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

  • juipeltje@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I never tried gentoo cause i never liked the idea of compiling everything. I only compile if i have to because i always feel like it’s a waste of time in general. I have used NixOS for the past 6 months though, but i didn’t like how many issues it gave me when updating. Now i’m back on good old void linux.

  • Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Back in the early 2010s, I had a friend told me that his computer crashed trying to compile all of Gentoo.

  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.name
    0·
    2 months ago

    NixOS is the better source-based distro. Everything can compile from source, but you can also use the binary cache if you don’t want to.