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(Nuno Silva) wrote: |
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> On 2018-11-18, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> [...] |
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>> It's really unfortunate that on massive builds distcc is not an option. |
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>> Maybe I should consider -bin instead. |
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> If you do happen to have a more powerful machine running Gentoo on a |
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> compatible architecture[1], you could also try Gentoo binary packages |
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> (that is, not -bin, but binary packages made from www-client/firefox and |
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> mail-client/thunderbird on that machine, either automatically with |
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> FEATURES=buildpkg, or manually using quickpkg or emerge --buildpkg). |
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> [1] I guess it should also be possible to cross-compile, but that will |
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> require additional steps, with which I am not acquainted. |
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> |
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> Do you know Seamonkey? If you like it and it works for everything you |
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> use Firefox and Thunderbird with, another idea to consider would be |
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> replacing Firefox and Thunderbird with Seamonkey Navigator and Seamonkey |
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> Mail&News. That way, it would be "just" one massive build instead of |
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> two. |
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I looked at the build times of both Firefox and Seamonkey, they both |
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average out to about the same. For me here, about 1.5 hours. Of |
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course, it varies a bit but that's a rough average. While genlop -t |
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shows compile times, it doesn't average them out. It's just rough in my |
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head quick math. ;-) I agree that Seamonkey may be a good option for |
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Daniel. |
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I use Seamonkey for my email and some web browsing. While the new |
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Firefox has some advantages in some areas, Seamonkey does work well. I |
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have both installed here. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. For those who keep up with my slow upgrades. I just ordered a |
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FX-8350 CPU and 32GBs of ram. The new Firefox with Content Process set |
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to 4 would use all my memory and cause my system to crash, reboot |
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actually. I had to go back to one. With the new 32GBs of ram, I hope |
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to be able to set it to 2, 3 or maybe 4. For what I do, I think 2 would |
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be enough. They should be here in a few days. Sort of dread putting |
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the CPU in. Always concerned something could go sideways. :/ Old |
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parts will go on a older mobo I have. It may turn into a server for all |
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those hard drives I need to have. lol |
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