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Hund wrote: |
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> On June 1, 2021 3:38:30 PM GMT+02:00, n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote: |
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>> 337 packages this month to be updated. It keeps getting more and more. |
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>> Pretty soon, gentoo will overtake Bitcoin in energy use. |
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> One might then ask why you have so many packages? And why you have a computer that consumes enough power for you to be worried about it? |
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> Hund |
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I was thinking along the lines of how many packages even binary distros |
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have to update. I've installed binary based distros before and when |
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updating those, there can be hundreds, several hundred, packages to |
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upgrade. Thing is, those same packages exist in Gentoo. If one has a |
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very similar set of packages installed, odds are, almost the same |
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packages will update in either a source based distro like Gentoo or in a |
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binary based distro. The only difference is Gentoo compiles from source. |
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If one is really concerned about compile times or the amount of power |
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needed to run Gentoo up to date, then one has to question not the |
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updates but why use Gentoo?? While some large packages are available in |
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binary, Firefox, Libreoffice etc, the vast majority of Gentoo is |
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compiled from source. It's why most people use Gentoo, compile from |
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source with features set like you want. If one is limited in hardware |
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or power, Gentoo may not be a good option. |
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Makes one think. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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