Post #2909763
2026-05-27 17:36 UTC
I’ve been using Linux for over 20 years and yet I’ve never tried Gentoo. Good idea. I’m not sure how well compilation would work on a 256MB system, but I could probably build a system in a VM locally then use Clonezilla to copy it to the production system.
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@sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-27 23:07
You're right about memory limitation during compile time. my concern is the updates. you need to update system from time to time and doing the cloning might not be very practical. Gentoo started providing binary packages (pre-compiled) for some software (that are common enough and take long time to compile). Another thing: gentoo allow one computer to compile the packages specifically for another computer even if cpu architecture is different. that second computer then simply pull the compiled packages and download them. https://waldolemmer.github.io/guides/gentoo/cross-cpu-binhost/