Post #3466583

2026-06-29 08:25 UTC

This is a purely technical association. And in case with Atomic Desktops, it is just an option at last. Yeah I probably would be able running NixOS, but I think it will take a lot of time to compile big packages in Gentoo. And if I don’t compile the largest parts of the system by myself with appropriate flags for efficiency, Gentoo doesn’t make that much sense compared to Arch or Artix. I have 5.7GB of RAM (the rest is reserved by system and GPU), and I’ve seen a guy with 128GB RAM on youtube, who still used a lot of binaries because of long compilation and the inefficiency (hah) of portage. He has been running Gentoo for more than a year. I wish I knew C so I could rewrite portage to C.

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@EchoDelta_9@programming.dev 2026-06-29 16:43

but I think it will take a lot of time to compile big packages in Gentoo. Probably yeah. And if I don’t compile the largest parts of the system by myself with appropriate flags for efficiency, Gentoo doesn’t make that much sense compared to Arch or Artix. I don’t know if that’s the case. Immolo, AKA the Gentoo guy on YT, tried compiling Firefox for speed. But the results weren’t what you’d expect. Granted, efficiency =/= speed. So YMMV. I have 5.7GB of RAM (the rest is reserved by system and GPU) That is plenty. Sure, it’s not comfortable or anything. But it’s fine for strictly running your OS without delving into stuff like VMs, high-end gaming etc. Perhaps you might even pick/prefer tools/software that are known to be less bloat~y. who still used a lot of binaries because of long compilation and the inefficiency (hah) of portage. So, if what you desire is simply “Do what I want as fast as possible.”, then I agree that compiling is a no-go. But, the control gained on Gentoo by virtue of the extensive options that are provided through compilation is no joke. Hence, I got to ask, what is it that you ultimately desire? Btw, FWIW, if speed and/or efficiency is more important than control. And, if control is (mostly) only desired to benefit speed and/or efficiency, then perhaps the likes of Alpine and Void should also be considered for the long-term.

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