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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 22, @11:58AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday April 22, @11:58AM (#1401110)

    I used Gentoo 2004ish through 2007ish. It was the only viable option for a full 64 bit OS at the moment.

    I recompiled the OS twice in the first month, taking roughly 24 hours per go. The first recompile was because I learned of a compiler flag that was supposed to make my AMD deployment more efficient. It may have worked but the truth about a good OS is that it spends most of its time sleeping, so 1% gains are super hard to notice.

    The last recompile was after a couple of years of learning about how it all worked and I applied what I knew, built for another day and again didn't perceive any real difference in the result.

    I know Gentoo has precompiled emerge options now, but for me the advantages of swimming in the Debian mainstream far outweigh any additional build control I experienced with Gentoo. If you really want to recompile something in Debian that's an option too. See my other response about a recent Debian downside.

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