Is stuff compiled from source really that much faster? Isn't it just a tiny margin?
Is stuff compiled from source really that much faster? Isn't it just a tiny margin?
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Yes, but you also get to boast about it.
>Compiling your software makes it faster
Who came up with this retarded meme?
It will run just as fast user, the only difference you might get is that if you use a newer version of some of the dependencies of the software you are compiling, that new version could run faster than the older one the developer used.
>meme
Because you're compiling Gentoo to your _specific_ computer architecture, hence why it's faster
Yes, but only in old hardware.
>it just feels so much faster
Installing Gentoo is purely for bragging rights. It's what separates you from a pajeet
the point of compiling programs from source is that so you can enable/disable some features that can only be enabled/disabled on compile time
if you think that compiling things from source makes it faster you really should unironically consider suicide
/thread me
Newsflash if you think pajeet cant follow a wiki, then you have more important things to worry about than pajeet
software that was programmed as trash won't ever by faster
its the best choice if you have not more than 2 cpu cores
it's all x86_64 with SSE2 and AVX these days. As if the GCC "optimizations" made any difference.
>muh --optimize --omgoptimized USE=offensive
It's not faster at all. Thinking it is, is what made Gentoo a meme.
>t. butthurt pajeet who is not able to follow simple instructions
when you download and install software, its a precomipled binary thats not optimized for your specific hardware architecture.
When using gentoo you build all of your software by referencing the ebuild pages which show you all compilation options, allowing you to choose the ones that work best for your system.
This speedup can be marginal or massive depending on how obscure your architecture is.
However in most cases the only practicality of this is the bragging rights, because to use gentoo effectively you learn a lot about linux, OS's in general, and how they utilization hardware
In addition to not reading intranet wikis, Pajeets don't follow agreed upon code styles e.g. JavaScript standard style, comment code, scope variables correctly and they largely ignore deprecation warning messages. That's why most hate them
It depends on the software. I run gentoo on both my desktop and my work laptop, and I did some tests on cpu intensive stuff I use like inkscape, kdenlive and various music encoders. Basically video stuff like kdenlive and ffmpeg doesn't benefit much because they have toggleable architecture-specific assembly code so they can use all the features of a modern cpu even if they're compiled for a generic target. Still saw a 3/5% speedup. Elsewhere it was more like between 5 and 20% faster on some packages, 0% on others.
The main benefit of gentoo isn't performance though, it's reduced dependencies and customizability.
My desktop has less than 800 packages installed despite having a full plasma 5 desktop and all the apps I use, and I haven't tinkered all that much, just removed flags that pulled in big dependencies I didn't need.
Also it's been more stable than any other linux system I've used before, I guess due to less packages installed and because it manages updates to configuration files in a smart way.
Nice write-up. I haven't noticed much of a performance boost on my T430 but I haven't been using benchmarks and rarely do anything CPU-intensive (except compiling).
Copy paste all flags from here to make.conf
Lunduke couldn't
>mfw
that clown got stuck connecting to *his own wifi* with wpa_supplicant
Gentoo isn't about speed you fucking autist it's about minimalism and control
I've never done speed test but a gentoo user for a few years now. I use to distro hop a lot but after trying gentoo I've never had a reason to. It's just really nice. Portage is great. It's so easy to maintain compared to other linux systems.
Depending on what processor you have, -march=native can make a huge difference. But it's not about better performance, that's literally just a byproduct. The point is customization. For example, did you know you can still use Firefox without PulseAudio? Most faggots don't, because their distro packages it with PulseAudio as a hard dependency. Gentoo offers you the choice of excluding it.
Unfortunately my dream of a GTK free system is still only a dream.
Stop using GCC.
It's not tiny on older machines.
use ICC for true performance improvement (no AMD)
this was probably more true in the late 90's and early 2000's
No, in the late 90s early 2000s everyone was still compiling.
its thinner if you conf your kernel right because it only install for current hardware being used as opposed to an all in one type shits with stuff you'll never need, and you set up your x11 server and shit by yourself same with gnome and relative gnome shit no MORE no less. its thin user... thin, it's t-swift
Lies. Also, why would I want to spend an hour compiling a browser on my old machine?
>an hour
>on an old machine
>an hour on a new machine
Gento ships binaries for some things.
they started compiling in 1995
>why would I want to spend an hour compiling
The computer compiles, user, not you.