On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 1:55 AM, R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Jorge Almeida <jjalme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is it possible? >> > > Yes, the most straightforward way I know of is to use crossdev to > create an i[3456]86 GCC and compile it with the corresponding > cross-emerge executable. It will then install to /usr/$ARCH and you > should be able to copy it to your root.
I've compiled 32 bit stuff before, using a chroot environment from a musl-based distro. But that would produce a static executable. For a beast like ff and a glibc environment, I fear this would not work, or at least it would be a time sink to make it work, which I cannot afford. I was hoping some USE variable et al. would do the job, given that I already have multilib USE variable, but I suppose it's not that simple. I think I'll give chromium a try, although last time I tried it was a CPU hog, specially with Youtube... (Not to mention that I don't trust Google...) > > > I'm inclined to disagree with your determination that switching to a > 64bit OS caused the slowdown, but, at the same time, you're the one Maybe, but I'm out of alternatives. > who was there to notice the correlation. If your determination is > correct it may be best to go back to a 32bit system - unlike ARM64 > processors, which seem to suffer spectacularly when operating in 32bit > - early x86_64 processors may not have a penalty or be faster in the > more restricted mode. The reason I tried a 64 bit system was not speed-related: it is said some software just doesn't work on 32 bit systems (e.g., widevine, which I don't need, BTW), and I suppose that is a trend, so I thought I might try 64 bit. Not a great choice, I guess. > > When this kind of question comes up I tend to bring up the opportunity > to upgrade the computer as well. This tends to have many benefits in > regards to power usage and overall system responsiveness, but I > understand if it's not possible. I would point out that technology is > usually amortized over a 3 year period and conventional wisdom > dictates if you keep a computer longer than that as a business you are > losing money due to opportunity cost of using and maintaining older > and slower hardware. This is a home computer. I do have another one, but this is the silent one (no internal power supply unit). I don't know of similar alternatives (silent for music listening, low power consumption, but powerful enough for everyday computing-- I don't use for compiling the gentoo packages) Thanks Jorge
