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2009-01-20
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Thats really great news, being a gentoo-user myself I really look forward to trying this on my n810!
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2009-02-03
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See updated docs for details.
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2009-02-03
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wow.... i'm using gentoo on 3 boxes meanwhile, it would be so cool to make my N800 the 4th. - i'll need to try this as soon as there's progress at least on X and wifi. (could live without BT...)
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2009-02-03
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I know your primary purpose is to make this bootable, but one of my constant quests is to find ways to speed up heavy non-maemo apps on the tablets. So I wonder if you have tried running any applications in the chroot with your set of optimizations.
The one everyone wants to know is, how long does it take to start OpenOffice?
The one everyone wants to know is, how long does it take to start OpenOffice?
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2009-02-03
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Isn't Gentoo that cheap pkgsrc knock-off? (I'm running a NetBSD system at home, so I have a license to be a UNIX elitist now. 
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While I like the notion of optimizing builds to our hardware, instead of Debian's maximum compatibility, I do wonder how well the self-hosting build method works in practice; pkgsrc builds of Xorg and such take long enough on my 1760 MHz Athlon to be annoying, so I'd think it would be close to unworkable on the N800.
While it is self-hosting, is there an optional way to offload compilation to another system with a cross-compiler, or are hours of installation and updates just something to put up with in exchange for optimization and self-hosting? (And how long does the initial rebuild take, anyway?)
)While I like the notion of optimizing builds to our hardware, instead of Debian's maximum compatibility, I do wonder how well the self-hosting build method works in practice; pkgsrc builds of Xorg and such take long enough on my 1760 MHz Athlon to be annoying, so I'd think it would be close to unworkable on the N800.
While it is self-hosting, is there an optional way to offload compilation to another system with a cross-compiler, or are hours of installation and updates just something to put up with in exchange for optimization and self-hosting? (And how long does the initial rebuild take, anyway?)
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2009-02-03
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Originally Posted by qole
I can't answer this question until i build openoffice. It's too huge to build on tablet (cpu is not a problem, just wait longer, but I'm afraid it won't have enough ram). I'm going to setup distcc environment to build it. However OpenOffice is low priority for me.
I know your primary purpose is to make this bootable, but one of my constant quests is to find ways to speed up heavy non-maemo apps on the tablets. So I wonder if you have tried running any applications in the chroot with your set of optimizations.
The one everyone wants to know is, how long does it take to start OpenOffice?
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2009-02-03
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Originally Posted by Benson
Gentoo is very similar to FreeBSD ports (all is built from source by default).
Isn't Gentoo that cheap pkgsrc knock-off? (I'm running a NetBSD system at home, so I have a license to be a UNIX elitist now.
Originally Posted by Benson
You don't need to build Xorg every day. There are packages that take much time to build (openoffice, kernel, firefox, gcc) but they do not update often.
While I like the notion of optimizing builds to our hardware, instead of Debian's maximum compatibility, I do wonder how well the self-hosting build method works in practice; pkgsrc builds of Xorg and such take long enough on my 1760 MHz Athlon to be annoying, so I'd think it would be close to unworkable on the N800.
Originally Posted by Benson
Of course there is. I can use initial cross toolchain to build packages. Or I can configure distcc. I didn't benchmark full rebuild, but I know that gcc-4.2 rebuild takes 8 hours.
While it is self-hosting, is there an optional way to offload compilation to another system with a cross-compiler, or are hours of installation and updates just something to put up with in exchange for optimization and self-hosting? (And how long does the initial rebuild take, anyway?)
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2009-02-16
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See updated docs for details.
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2009-02-16
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Originally Posted by slonopotamus
That's impressive. Do the optimizations seem to offer much of a benefit?
See updated docs for details.
I'm proud to announce availability of Gentoo port to N8x0 tablets. Only chroot is possible at the moment, however I'm working on a bootable system. It isn't intended for novice users, previous Gentoo experience is strongly recommended.
You can read the full story: http://slonopotamus.org/gentoo-on-n8x0
Or download stage tarball: http://slonopotamus.org/gentoo-on-n8x0#resources
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Last edited by slonopotamus; 2009-08-29 at 07:03. Reason: fixed tarball link