Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo vs Raspbian on Raspberry Pi 3?

[Danny YUE]

Gentoo 64 bit was made working on Raspberry Pi 3 not long ago.

I tried Arch for a short time last year. I was really missing those USE
flags and ability to lock/select software version.

Also when I was using Arch, I always felt that it was pushing me hard to
upgrade my system, which really feels uncomfortable.

I think that Gentoo runs more stable than Arch (might be wrong, just my
feeling), and with cross compiling it should not be a big problem to
upgrade whole system.

I do agree that using Arch on Raspberry Pi would be much simpler than
Gentoo. Anyway I will try to compile natively after I receive my Pi ;-)

But till now nobody ever mentioned *official* raspbian OS. Funny.


On 2017-06-26 09:00, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@×××××.com> wrote:
> The next time I use Gentoo I am planning have my build directoy on seperate
> storage. I know I can cross compile, but building natively did not take as
> long as you might think. If you are looking for similicty then try Arch.
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
> herminio.hernandezjr@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> Well right now I am running Arch on my Pi mostly b/c when I was running
>> Gentoo I was compiling natiavly.  Arch has the benefit of running a minimal
>> install and you can basically build from there. I had some issues running
>> Gentoo, but that was mostly b/c I was building nativaly on the SD card.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Danny YUE <sheepduke@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Any reasons? I want to hear some ideas to make the decision ;-)
>>>
>>> Seriously, I do not think it is a good idea to compile using Raspberry
>>> Pi because of the weak CPU.
>>>
>>> I prefer to cross compile on my PC when using Gentoo.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-06-26 08:47, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <
>>> herminio.hernandezjr@×××××.com> wrote:
>>> > I prefer Gentoo or Arch. With Gentoo consider making /var/tmp/portage on
>>> > USB drive. This way you have your build directory not on the SD card.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Danny YUE <sheepduke@×××××.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi guys,
>>> >>
>>> >> I am planning to buy a Raspberry Pi 3 to setup a local network storage
>>> >> and try some IoT stuff. Now I am searching for some background things.
>>> >>
>>> >> Which OS do you install on your Raspberry Pi?
>>> >>
>>> >> Gentoo? Raspbian? Or even...arch?
>>> >>
>>> >> This might seems to be the wrong place to ask, but I consider Gentoo as
>>> >> my first-place option, so I would like to know your experiences.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks.
>>> >>
>>> >> Danny
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>