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nano

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Registered: 2006-08-08

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Which packages did you optimize?

After installing archie, which packages did you optimize and reinstall?

soloport

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Registered: 2005-03-01

Posts: 442

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

emacs -- with no xorg support (yuck)

stavrosg

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From: Rhodes, Greece

Registered: 2005-05-01

Posts: 330

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Re: Which packages did you optimize?

mplayer, though it isn't really needed ,but I hated the '--enable-runtime-cpudetection is not optimal yada yada' prompt every time I played a file >.<

paranoos

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From: thornhill.on.ca

Registered: 2004-07-22

Posts: 442

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

mplayer, though it isn't really needed ,but I hated the '--enable-runtime-cpudetection is not optimal yada yada' prompt every time I played a file >.<

just fyi, the new mplayer (1.0pre8) doesn't print that warning message anymore.

tizoc

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Registered: 2006-07-28

Posts: 57

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

Mplayer, xvidcore (makes encoding to xvid a LOT faster), emacs-cvs.
Those are the ones I compiled instead of using their binary versions.

user

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Registered: 2006-03-29

Posts: 465

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

kernel(2.6.18-rc4),gcc(4.2),binutils(2.17),glibc(2.4),gnome(garnome-2.14.3),emacs(cvs version --with-gtk),mplayer(svn, and no-gui), etc, etc(/home/user/*),initscripts(removed fucking "::" ">"), gnome-terminal(left only ">", yeah, this is re-re-optimzing), gnome-screensaver(replace it by xscreensaver-5.00, re-re-opt)

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jaboua

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Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 634

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

Not looking at AUR packages, I think it's only my custom kernel.

brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

kernel because the one i use is neither in repos nor in AUR. everything else comes from official repos, AUR and a few other resources like kde-apps.org...

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shadowhand

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From: MN, USA

Registered: 2004-02-19

Posts: 1,142

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Re: Which packages did you optimize?

mplayer (built it from svn), kernel. Everything else is i686 (i have a AMD64 3200+, don't see the benefit to upgrading to x86_64 because all I will get is more headaches).

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benplaut

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Registered: 2006-06-13

Posts: 383

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

wait, i'm confused...

is archie a pre-configured arch? i thought it was just a live cd!

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

wait, i'm confused...

is archie a pre-configured arch? i thought it was just a live cd!

Archie is a live CD. It has an option to do a HD install, though.
As for this thread, I guess that nano meant Arch, not Archie.

soloport

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Registered: 2005-03-01

Posts: 442

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

As for this thread, I guess that nano meant Arch, not Archie.

In that case: Also recompiled kernel (had to change .config to CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=n) and patched util-linux to support loop-AES.

murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: Which packages did you optimize?

I wouldn't call it optimizing, but I had to add wpa support to the madwifi drivers.

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postlogic

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Registered: 2005-02-24

Posts: 410

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Re: Which packages did you optimize?

Recompiled links with --enable-graphics, openbox from cvs with the hidemenuheader-patch, and a whole bunch of minor stuff I don't remember right now.