• zagaberoo@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      Having Gentoo update overnight is no big deal. Even better, just leave a core or two free and let updates run while you use the machine anyway!

      That being said, Gentoo is definitely a time commitment and I completely understand that it’s a particular taste.

      Building from source does provide a lot of advantages though, and I don’t mean faster binaries.

      • Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlM
        61·
        1 year ago

        I use a self hosted binhost so that I only compile on one of my devices, share with the rest. Works flawlessly.

        • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          Sounds like an awesome setup. I can’t quite let go of my illusory -march=native benefits lol.

            • zagaberoo@beehaw.org
              1·
              1 year ago

              Was it much of a pain to set up? I was hemming and hawing about distcc recently, but binhost sounds potentially better.

              • Cyclohexane@lemmy.mlM
                2·
                1 year ago

                Are your systems the same architecture and similar profiles? If so, then yes. It’s just a matter of enabling it and running the quickpkg command.

                Otherwise, it’s a bit harder. You’ll be using cross compiler (if different architecture) and a chroot. You’ll have to setup the host to compile for the target systems whenever you do updates. The initial compile will take a while since it’ll compile basically everything.