Anyone gentoo linux ? I seek for a good use flags set

11010010110 · 2008-04-03 21:52:53

I install funtoo (gentoo with the stage file from here) stage 1 on my box

The system is my notebook - a thinkpad core duo

Im teenager in the sense of things I need from it - to be fast and lightweight (at very least as fast as arch default minimalistic install), compatible with everything, capable of p2ping wireless when I skateboard with it, have all needed stuff inside but not be bloated (boot / response time), and be as cool as linux can be

I prefer KDE 3.5 desktop. No gnome. Some *boxes but i dont need full functionality in them.

I dont accept any proprietary stuff on the computer. I may accept a binary firmware file to be uploaded to a device (with a ) but strict 'no' to blobs etc

Things that are patented but implemented entirely in open source (like linux mp3 support) are considered free (there are no sw patents where I live)

Plz paste them here from make.conf

CFLAGS etc will be accepted and thanked too

kensai · 2008-04-03 22:14:55

I always read the use flags online and add what I think I need and what I think I don't need I just left out. http://www.gentoo-portage.com/USE that is a good place to start reading.

bangkok_manouel · 2008-04-04 04:34:34

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kensai san, what about deadline scheduler ? any interesting result to share ? thanks.

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schivmeister · 2008-04-04 06:16:08

my make.conf from some time ago: http://rafb.net/p/qzJZcH14.html

semdornus · 2008-04-04 07:35:28

schivmeister wrote:

my make.conf from some time ago: http://rafb.net/p/qzJZcH14.html

PORTAGE_NICENESS="-20"? Was that a typo, or didn't you do anything else while compiling?

schivmeister · 2008-04-04 14:19:13

Yeah, nothing else. I used to leave compiling as an "after-hours job". In the case I did need to compile something live I could just export it.

Obi-Lan · 2008-04-05 20:46:37

USE="X gnome gtk gtk2 -oss alsa dvd cdrom dvdr cdr win32codecs firefox jpeg java png svg hal dbus bzip2 xv mpeg aac mp3 vorbis opengl real xvid truetype theora quicktime flac ogg divx realmedia multilib lm_sensors nvidia unicode pdf glitz ssl ipv6 wmp hddtemp mpd nsplugin"

Got also a couple of package specific flags. As you can see I use gnome so maybe not best suited for you.

kensai · 2008-04-05 22:58:34

bangkok_manouel wrote:

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kensai san, what about deadline scheduler ? any interesting result to share ? thanks.
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Sorry for being off-topic here. But I will just answer this. Well, in fact I have felt JFS working better with Deadline Scheduler, but it isn't a noticeable effect, you just see how your CPU is not being hit that hard with a lot of load.

Korey Kaczynski · 2008-04-05 23:13:06

I dont accept any proprietary stuff on the computer. I may accept a binary firmware file to be uploaded to a device (with a ) but strict 'no' to blobs etc

What's the point? Some proprietary programs are pretty good, such as Skype, Opera, Cedega, and others. Open source is a good model for software development, but it's not the end-all-be-all of computing.

Also, what about computer games? Those are proprietary, usually for good reason.

Korey Kaczynski · 2008-04-05 23:16:53

CFLAGS etc will be accepted and thanked too

Don't go overboard on CFLAGS like many gentoo people have done before; system instability and, ironically, decreased performance sometimes arise from bad flags.

11010010110 · 2008-04-06 00:21:05

Korey Kaczynski wrote:

What's the point? Some proprietary programs are pretty good, such as Skype, Opera, Cedega, and others. Open source is a good model for software development, but it's not the end-all-be-all of computing.
Also, what about computer games? Those are proprietary, usually for good reason

I use open source cause i like it. To me heaving a 'clean' computer is kinda proof of concept that I can live my way and not depend on stuff I dont like

Some closed software I simply dont trust. This includes skype and some wireless drivers

If a friend of mine wants to talk with me via skipe I tell him to install any SIP client from the list in wikipedia

I have an intel ipw3945 wireless card in the laptop. I just did not install it. Now when there is at last a driver without blobs (except an image that is blindly uploaded into the card) I accept this

I really dont play any computer games. I didnt play them (except some old dos games) when I used windows either

schivmeister · 2008-04-06 05:35:35

Well, it's great that you can maintain such a (computing) lifestyle - kudos to you

INCSlayer · 2008-04-06 07:44:58

not to be rude but why post a question about gentoo use flags in the arch forums why not use the say gentoo forums for that?

schivmeister · 2008-04-06 10:21:11

Heh. This is after all the "Linux Discussion" sub-forum. We can't really say "you can't post this", or "you should post there". What we can say is, "you can post there"

tomk · 2008-04-06 10:21:57

I was wondering that too. The general idea behind this particular board is "General discussion about GNU/Linux", as it says on our Index page. A request for distro-specific help like this does not qualify, nor would it fit easily into any of our other categories.

I'm not going to close it, but I don't want to see it going on too long.

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