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submitted 3 weeks ago by introvertcatto to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml

I finally installed gentoo with xfce!!

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[-] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

heck yeah, welcome fellow gentoo user!

Edit: Just in time for xfce 4.20 to become stable soon too!

[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Whats the compile times with intel celeron and 4gb of rams

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

4GB is barely enough. But you can limit the compilation threads to save memory. For big compilations you should reserve around 1.5GB per compilation thread.

As for celeron... You'd better use binary host, at least for big packages (or have your own binary host).

Here I have one old Chromebox for which I flashed coreboot into.

2024-03-13T09:59:14 >>> net-libs/nodejs-20.11.0: 3:36:15
2024-05-10T05:02:52 >>> net-libs/nodejs-20.12.1: 6:12:09
2024-10-01T00:25:35 >>> net-libs/nodejs-22.4.1-r1: 7:24:58
2024-12-26T01:43:48 >>> net-libs/nodejs-22.4.1-r1: 15:32:58

The three first lines show compilation times of nodejs with quite normal compilation settings. On the last line I enabled some ridiculous optimizations, like -funroll-loops and -fipa-pta but also -lto (which probably contributes the most of the compilation time increase). I've retired this box now, but I might give it a new life as some home automation box.

Obligatory fastfetch.

panther-box ~ # fastfetch --logo none
root@panther-box
----------------
OS: Gentoo 2.17 x86_64
Host: Panther (1.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.110-panther-0.3.1
Uptime: 36 days, 18 hours, 10 mins
Packages: 701 (emerge)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Theme: Adwaita [GTK3]
Icons: gnome [GTK3]
Cursor: Adwaita
Terminal: tmux 3.4
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2955U (2) @ 1.40 GHz
GPU: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller @ 1.00 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 950.19 MiB / 15.50 GiB (6%)
Swap: 7.00 MiB / 20.00 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 13.37 GiB / 14.94 GiB (90%) - xfs
Disk (/home): 133.21 MiB / 1.94 GiB (7%) - xfs
Disk (/var): 1.57 GiB / 1.94 GiB (81%) - xfs
Disk (/var/cache/pkg): 12.98 GiB / 19.94 GiB (65%) - xfs

... and because I had some 8GB DDR3 SODIMM RAM sticks I stuffed the maximum amount in there. If I was on 4GB, I'd use binhost or tune the compilation settings so that the process would use as little memory as possible.

[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Homie UPTIME IS 36 DAYS?!?? what does this computer do???? ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’€

[-] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

It passes the network to my TV. Just sits there. Although I planned it to act as a "pi hole" for ad blocking.

Maybe some day...

[-] introvertcatto 2 points 3 weeks ago

It took me 6-8 hours to install. Started 12-13 ended in 19 hours.

[-] original_reader@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Nice.

Where's the wallpaper from?

[-] freijon@lemmings.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Askey myself the same and found it here

[-] noodles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Good job catto!, i wonder how long it took

[-] introvertcatto 5 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, surpassingly, it didn't take long around 6-8 hours. I started at around 12-13 and ended at 19. I did kind of speed run installation and did as fast as possible. I first tried installing gnome or kde, but compiling was too long, so I decided xfce.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ay, congrats! I hear that's quite the challenge!

[-] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to Gentoo!

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] introvertcatto 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, battery broken, it's constantly on AC or DC idk I'm not electrician.

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