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what are some advanced linux distros that don't have me compiling everything? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've installed arch Linux and liked it, but lfs and Gentoo would be too time consuming compiling everything and not doing anything during and after install. Are there any distros like arch that don't have me compiling everything?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

nixos is a personal love of mine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But it's source-based (with a binary cache)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It takes like 10 seconds to install a package. Get benefits of Source based distros while still being fast af + No dependency hell

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That binary cache means you don't have to compile anything the distro provides. Same as any binary distro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

but with a simple --substitute false you can make it compile on install. I love nix

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, or if you override something you'll compile that thing and anything depending on it. If you override glibc, you'll recompile pretty much the entire system!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

true, --substitute false will compile all dependencies, down to the compiler itself, but a simple (/s)

nix-build "  " [package] --check

will compile just the chosen package, skipping dependencies, and compare it against the cached binary in the repo to ensure they're equivalent.

I could have gotten that nix-build command slightly off as I'm typing this from memory. I am also saying most of this in jest as they aren't really solutions to anything mentioned above and I moreso find them interesting features.