Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2015 10:27, Dale wrote:
>>
>>
>> Do we even have a clue how many puters Google has now? I read several
>> years ago it was like 10,000 or so. No telling what they have now. o_O
> Around 2006, it was at least 100,000
>
> You are out by an order of magnitude :-)
>
>
On 25 June 2015 at 14:56, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> The only issue I'd raise with LFS in this day and age is that many of
> these guides tend to leave out stuff like devtmpfs, udev, policykit,
> and so on. Some people choose not to use them (this list probably
> being one of the larger collections
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:01 AM, behrouz khosravi wrote:
>
>
>> Best way I ever found to learn how things really work under the hood is
>> to build a Linux From Scratch and pay close attention to every single
>> step.
>>
>> Not that you'd ever actually *use* that system - there's no sane package
>
Best way I ever found to learn how things really work under the hood is
> to build a Linux From Scratch and pay close attention to every single step.
>
> Not that you'd ever actually *use* that system - there's no sane package
> management for a start - but after building an LFS, the content of
> e
On 25/06/2015 06:25, Jc García wrote:
> 2015-06-24 6:23 GMT-06:00 behrouz khosravi :
>>
>>> Here's some good advice:
>>>
>>> Don't do that. See below.
>>
>>
>> Oops! I have done it and I am happy so far !
>>
>>> That's a bit of a nonsensical line of thought, as what you think you
>>> want doesn't r
On 25/06/2015 10:27, Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 24/06/2015 13:50, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>>> P.P.S. Also, on 1% better performance: My professor for the compilers
>>> class I took used to (maybe still does) work at Google. Apparently
>>> Google sees a <1% increase in performance as *
On 24/06/2015 14:23, behrouz khosravi wrote:
>
> Here's some good advice:
>
> Don't do that. See below.
>
>
> Oops! I have done it and I am happy so far !
Wait a little longer :-)
I predict within 2 weeks you'll be posting back about some completely
baffling problem and we'll have a h
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 24/06/2015 13:50, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>> P.P.S. Also, on 1% better performance: My professor for the compilers
>> class I took used to (maybe still does) work at Google. Apparently
>> Google sees a <1% increase in performance as *the best thing ever*,
>> because it can
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:29:14 +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> I have moved to i3wm and
> USE="-* " and it was not that hard.
No one said it would be hard, just that it has great potential for
breakage. That potential is still there. When the devs tweak default USE
settings in ebuilds to make
On 24/06/2015 13:50, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> P.P.S. Also, on 1% better performance: My professor for the compilers
> class I took used to (maybe still does) work at Google. Apparently
> Google sees a <1% increase in performance as *the best thing ever*,
> because it can save them a bunch of money
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 04:53:18PM +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote
>
> > > What do you recommend ?
> >
> > DO NOT SET "USE=-*"
> >
>
> As I said before I have done it and I totally recommend it to anyone
> interested to get a better understanding of user land.
The point with "USE=-*" is to crea
2015-06-24 6:23 GMT-06:00 behrouz khosravi :
>
>> Here's some good advice:
>>
>> Don't do that. See below.
>
>
> Oops! I have done it and I am happy so far !
>
>> That's a bit of a nonsensical line of thought, as what you think you
>> want doesn't really exist.
>
>
> I think you misunderstood me! f
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 01:13:40PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 23/06/2015 15:05, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
> > this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
> > use flags an
> Here's some good advice:
>
> Don't do that. See below.
>
Oops! I have done it and I am happy so far !
That's a bit of a nonsensical line of thought, as what you think you
> want doesn't really exist.
>
I think you misunderstood me! for example adding CPU specific flags is a
good idea right?
I
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 01:13:40PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 23/06/2015 15:05, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
> > this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
> > use flags an
> To be more serious:
> * Set a minimal basic profile (as already suggested)
> * Tune your USE-Flags in make.conf. media-related flags (mp3, flac) should
> be harmless, if you touch flags that get used in core packages (e.g. in the
> toolchain) double (or triple) check if you don't do evil things.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 01:13:40PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 23/06/2015 15:05, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
> > this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
> > use flags an
On 23/06/2015 15:05, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
> this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
> use flags and control them manually.
Here's some good advice:
Don't do that. See bel
behrouz khosravi wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In this
> way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default use flags
> and control them manually.
>
> I just don't know which "global" use flags are absolutely necessar
Hello,
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:35:32 +0200, David Haller wrote:
>> >You do know that only the desktop profiles include cups as a default
>> >USE flag? The one I recommended does not.
>>
>> Try compiling icedtea, libreoffice, scribus and whatnot without
>>
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:35:32 +0200, David Haller wrote:
> >You do know that only the desktop profiles include cups as a default
> >USE flag? The one I recommended does not.
>
> Try compiling icedtea, libreoffice, scribus and whatnot without
> pulling in cups, no matter the use-flags. And "sabotag
Hello,
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:45:58 +0200, David Haller wrote:
>> >You can also start USE with -* in make.conf to turn everything off then
>> >set your own choices. This is the ideal setup for those who prefer to
>> >spend more time fixing their computer
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:45:58 +0200, David Haller wrote:
> >You can also start USE with -* in make.conf to turn everything off then
> >set your own choices. This is the ideal setup for those who prefer to
> >spend more time fixing their computer than using it.
>
> Hah!
> Hey, I got no printer,
Hello,
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:35:10 +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote:
>> I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
>> this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
>> use flags and control them manually.
[.
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 17:35:10 +0430, behrouz khosravi wrote:
> I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In
> this way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default
> use flags and control them manually.
>
> I just don't know which "global" use flags are abs
Hello everyone.
I really like to have control over my machine as much as possible. In this
way I will learn a lot, so I am trying to remove all the default use flags
and control them manually.
I just don't know which "global" use flags are absolutely necessary to the
system to make it snappier or
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