That’s still totally insane. I get the appeal of compiling everything from source but it ain’t for me. Btw, Firefox is on version 115 right now. Is there any particular reason you’re going for 102, if you don’t mind me asking?
With a decent CPU the kernel compiles pretty fast. I’m using a default configuration with modules disabled (compiled in) and various settings enabled/optimized for my hardware, and this is what I get:
make -j24
real2m16.357s
user 38m36.133s
sys 4m26.449s
Firefox 115 actually happens to be an ESR release, by the way. So, you can probably upgrade to that right now. You just couldn’t upgrade throughout 103–114…
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That’s still totally insane. I get the appeal of compiling everything from source but it ain’t for me. Btw, Firefox is on version 115 right now. Is there any particular reason you’re going for 102, if you don’t mind me asking?
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How long does the Linux kernel take?
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Thanks for your reply. I have to admit a stripped down kernel sounds intriguing. Maybe I’ll switch from Arch to Gentoo some day after all!
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Great idea to use GPT for that! Been wanting to trim mine down for a while; will give it a shot.
With a decent CPU the kernel compiles pretty fast. I’m using a default configuration with modules disabled (compiled in) and various settings enabled/optimized for my hardware, and this is what I get:
make -j24 real 2m16.357s user 38m36.133s sys 4m26.449sdeleted by creator
Yep that was after make clean :). Running a 12-core Ryzen 9 that’s a few years old and 64GB RAM; using 24 threads does speed it up quite a lot.
Edit: to be sure, I completely removed the source directory and re-emerged
gentoo-sourcesand got similar resultsFor compile or for boot?
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Thanks, I appreciate your answer!
And that’s just Firefox. Sometimes I get annoyed if pacman presents me with a long list even though it takes a few minutes max.
Firefox ESR, probably
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Firefox 115 actually happens to be an ESR release, by the way. So, you can probably upgrade to that right now. You just couldn’t upgrade throughout 103–114…
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To compile a web browser, they do provide you with a binary in the official Gentoo repos
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Mine take 30 minutes. I usually do it when I’m not using the machine
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Modify niceness of portage.
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1 hr compile time over 10 threads? Somethings off, and you said you’re on laptop.
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