[ltp] Gentoo on thinkpad?

[Michael Gaber]

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azazello wrote:
> I've used gentoo for a while on my T40 and it's generally good:
> http://horizon.ath.cx/gentoo/
> The above is a set of commands to replicate my install. I found the most 
> painful things to be configuring ACPI (you need to find and install your 
> own scripts - I have a bug filed against Hans on this =) ), configuring 
> X, the kernel, and ALSA if you want to use an external sound card. Also, 
> it takes some time to get used to portage and its features (for 
> instance, I think the -avt flags should really be default for an 
> interactive emerge invocation). Given my fast enough machines (none are 
> over 4 years old), I now never install packages from binaries except 
> when unpacking a stage3. Be prepared for about a day's worth of 
> compiling before your system is usable, though.
> 
> Frankly, I think gentoo is not appropriate for an older Thinkpad like a 
> T2x unless you know and need the specific advantages of gentoo's 
> portage. I don't even think it's appropriate in general as compared to 
> kubuntu unless you like to tinker a lot with your system.
> 
> Also, if you have any kind of broadband connection, *you don't have to 
> keep anything* in /usr/portage/distfiles or /var/tmp/portage/. Just make 
> a cron job which will delete them nightly or whenever unless emerge is 
> running, e.g.:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> echo 'Cleaning portage install files...';
> if [[ `ps -e|grep emerge` ]] ; then
>         echo 'Cannot clean portage files while emerge is running';
>         /bin/false;
> else
>         rm -f /usr/portage/distfiles/* > /dev/null 2>&1
>         rm -rf /var/tmp/portage/* > /dev/null 2>&1
> fi
> 
> (ok those last two should really be an xargs call, and niced :) )


try distclean.py at some time, (just google it) this will at least clean 
all distfiles which are not the source of a currently installed package


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