On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Oleg Kobets wrote:
> Guys, I just finished installing Gentoo 1.2 with X and KDE 3.0.2.
>
> 1. It rocks.
> 2. It is very fast.
> 3. It took me 2.5 days non stop compiling to install base, xfree 4.1.2, kde
> 3.0.2 and koffice 1.2-rc2
XFree 4.1.2? just like debian's stable, I see.
> 4. IT ROCKS :-)))))))
>
> If you want super fast linux that is simple to maintain (not install) as
> debian, Gentoo is your choice.
Allow to to suggest a different route to the same goal:
install {Your-Favorite-Binary-Distribution}. If YFBD is worth its salt
then it is based upon some sort of packages system. Make sure that you can
get those source packages as well.
(YFBD can be at least debian, mandrake or redhat).
1. install it. You'll have an installed and functioning system in much
less than 2.5 days (even for a low-life 486).
2. start with the packages that are used (by the CPU) the most: kernel,
glibc, (what else: XLib?): rebuild those packages with the best
optimzation options. Compiling them should take much less than 2.5 days.
3. install those packages. You have just optimized 20% of the code that
does 80% of the job. If you feel a need to optimize some more packages: go
ahead.
--
Tzafrir Cohen
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