On a more serious note, how does updating apps on gentoo work? I understand that everything is built on your system, but then if the app is updated, do you need to re-compile every time?
What's updating?
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I wish ddg didn't suck, but ddg sucks.
What's bad about it? OP has voluntarily turned ads on on ddg (to support ddg I guess). DDG has been working great for me, so care to enlighten me please?
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OP is a duck.
What is this βdatingβ?
I use Ubuntu, even people on Lemmy wonβt talk to me.
Iβm just kidding. I use arch btw. Iβm recompiling my wifi drivers on my Commodore 64, so I can play Jumpman please help me
They will make an exception for your age once they find out you take pictures of your screen
Yes, you recompile each time you update.
In general, to upgrade an app you do:
root # emaint --auto sync
root # emerge --update $PACKAGE_NAME
(That first command used to just be something like root # emerge --sync when I last used Gentoo, two decades ago. I wonder why they changed it?)
Wouldnt that take a long time every update? Or are all the horror stories of long compile times just a thing of the past with better hardware now?
Well, yeah, but that's what you sign up for when you choose to use Gentoo. Custom-compiling every app, every time, with your chosen USE flags, is the advantage of it. (I suppose Gentoo has "binary packages" available now, but at that point I don't see why you wouldn't just pick Arch instead to begin with.)
Also, that's another reason you should update frequently (e.g. daily or weekly): to keep compilation times reasonable by only ever updating a few packages at once.
Also also, as I said, I last used Gentoo two decades ago. Even back then, I found the compilation times... uh, at least "tractable." π I can only assume that with modern hardware they're not bad at all, as for the most part, processing power has scaled faster than FOSS code complexity.
Thank you for your explanations. Still want to give Gentoo a try some time. Maybe when im done with steam/gaming
I would figure it would be just the opposite: that you'd want to try Gentoo specifically for gaming, in order to wring every last FPS out of the system. At least, that was part of my motivation back in the day (despite Proton not being a thing yet, IIRC I could at least play some games on Linux back then).
I think of Gentoo like the Fast and the Furious-esque customized sports coupe you drive when you're young to try to impress your friends. In contrast, I'm at the point where I can't be bothered anymore, so I drive the boring minivan of distros, Kubuntu. Point is: try Gentoo sooner rather than later, while you still give a shit. (Edit: of course, with a username like @MidsizedSedan, it might already be too late, LOL)
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Yes. But you have to spoof your browser credentials.
What's the other meaning of Gentoo if it showed you this ad? Just install uBlock Origin or use Brave.
Im guessing 'updating' has 'dating'. No idea the gentoo bit.
Looking to start generation two of my offspring
Yeah, it basically syncs the repository from the patch and then compiles.
Fuck it. Iβm actually gonna just go ahead and say it. Itβs gonna get me banned, and everyone will flame me for being honest, but
everything /should run old-school QNX neutrino. Runs off a 1.44 and has a tasty-ass ui, QNX4EVA
CUE THE FUCKIN DOWNVOTES YOU BABIES YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH FUCK OFF BSD USERS DONT CARE dont bother trying to @ me
How many unix like operating systems are there? I thought it was just BSD and Linux. Then I heard about Plan 9. Now this. Next thing you know someone is going to find an operating system that is meant to run oil pumps or something and is going to install doom on it.
Well, I could be wrong, but I think Unix (IRIX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Xenix, etc.) might also be Unix-like.
Ah true. I guess there are quite a few industry specific ones.
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You come at me with that microkernel tiny-ass bullshit, and expect me not to stomp my Linux-RT kernel down your ass? Man, your ass be dragging. That's an ass full of ass you're talking there, and if you get your ass down here right now we can fight it out in the parking lot where I will hand your ass to you, and you can hand me mine, and then we'll go bowling or something.
You feeling better now that it's out there?
Was it better back then? I'm working with QNX these days and the hardware integration is a fucking mess
What the hell is happening with this commenter?
They're on the good drugs.
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Recommended as no one else but other Gentoo care about your compile times of cowsay
DuckDuckGo doesn't track your activity so they only target ads based on your current query and technical details. They determined it would take 30 years to compile Gentoo on your rig so 40+ is a good guess for your age.
I didn't start using Gentoo when I was 10. Is it over for me?
How are you expecting to get 10 years of experience for your entry-level job by age 20? You need that to succeed in the job market, and let me guess, you also wasted so much potential by passing up on that opportunity of being born to Linus Torvalds.
What's your sock situation?
Footwear in general