1hr+ for a general update* (following the guide. Pre-kernel)

On a more serious note, gentoo is fun… On competent hardware. This is a 4 core Celeron N2940 with 4gb of RAM.

*emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --changed-use @world is too long to type…

  • grue@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 hours ago

    Time to figure out distcc so you can offload the compilation to a faster machine.

      • grue@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I think that’s more for when you have multiple machines (that would use the same USE flags) and you only want to have to compile once. OP’s use-case re: binary packages would be more about getting them from somebody else (i.e. a public binhost that already exists) so he doesn’t have to compile at all.

        • 2910000@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 hours ago

          I was suggesting using your own binhost as an alternative to distcc.
          If someone’s considering distcc, presumably they’ve already decided not to use the public Gentoo binaries, and want to do the compilation themselves

          I think that’s more for when you have multiple machines (that would use the same USE flags) and you only want to have to compile once.

          One issue with distcc is some of the build operations can’t be delegated. If you want to minimise resource usage as much as possible (e.g. on old hardware) and want to compile yourself, then running your own binhost makes sense.