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  1. Re:Gentoo Usage on Gentoo Linux Musings · · Score: 1

    I think it cuts down on compile times, not recompile times. It has some algorithm built in to predict the make up of the binary that is produced. At least that is how I understood it.

    http://ccache.samba.org/

    I will use any tweak to make KDE compile faster - distcc is a godsend, and using ccache can't hurt!

  2. Re:Gentoo Usage on Gentoo Linux Musings · · Score: 5, Informative

    You must try distcc - it has saved me tons of time!

    www.distcc.org - they even offer a link to Gentoo.org for information on how to install and configure. It is so simple I am still amazed that more people are not using it.

    distcc offloads compiler jobs to other machines over the network. My PIII 700 laptop now has a little help - the Athlon XP2100 and the PIII 600 perform alot of the work now.

    Another thing I use is ccache - I don't exactly know how it works, but it supposedly adds 20 -40% faster compile times.

    I also read somewhere in the forums that it is possible to set up a server internal to compile the packages once for the target machines (if they are all the same) and then perform a binary install to each machine from there.

    Use distcc to have all the machines compile the packages once; use the binary package emerge to install locally! *SWEET*
    Good Luck!
    Birukun (here and on the Gentoo forums)

  3. Re:Consider This on Daniel Robbins Resigns As Chief Gentoo Architect · · Score: 0

    -Daniel- Good Luck to Daniel and his family.

    In my haste, DRobbins = Dave Robbins

    MY MISTAKE.

    Birukun

  4. Consider This on Daniel Robbins Resigns As Chief Gentoo Architect · · Score: 1, Informative

    www.gentoo.org

    jump into the forums and see the community, they welcome all with open arms.

    Read the *complete* documentation, and if you still don't get it, ask the question in a forum. No one will answer with an elitist attitude, just a gentle nudge in the right direction.

    High Speed, Cross Country, Linux - just what my processor with all those silly extensions I paid for (SSE, SSE2, 3DNow!) needs.

    Compile times? Check out distcc - www.distcc.org

    Want binaries? no problem - Binary installs also supported.

    Stable - oops, Fedora crashed again during an update, switched to Gentoo and never looked back. If your Gentoo crashed, that is because you used the wrong mask - RTFM - I know, cause I did it.

    Hardware Support - ANY BSD I tried :-( need I say more?

    Hopefully the community can handle the shock, but Dave Robbins has a family that needs him as well.

    To Dave, best of luck. We will take the torch and do our best to keep it burning, trolls be damned!

    Birukun

  5. Re:Prior Art on Spyware Masquerading as Spyware Removal Software · · Score: 0

    Cats and Dogs living together! The end is near!

  6. Re:Whoa on RIAA Takes the Fight to the Streets · · Score: 0

    Uniform: $25 GoodWill Store
    Nightstick: $23 Police Equipment Store
    Gold Badge: $6 Toys R Us
    Impersonating a police officer = 3-5 in the clink

    RIAA Jacket: $15 Local Little League Uniform Shop
    Cool Shiny Sunglasses: $8 Walmart
    Impersonating an RIAA thug - priceless and not punishable by law!

    Both have the same effect when dealing with citizens!

  7. Re:I'll do it for 1 million on UCB, USC To Build (And Hack) A Model Internet · · Score: 0

    Don't forget all of the great foreign students acting in our interest to 'help' with the project - I am sure none of the info will filter back to their home countries until AFTER the vulnerabilities are fixed.....

    Mr. Politician loading both barrels in order to get both feet at once.....

    OR, the ~5 mil is actually a payment for Echelon disguised so it gets approved - who thinks we REALLY pay 500 bucks for a hammer?

  8. Re:Contradictory on Dilbert Readers Rat Out Some Weasels · · Score: 0

    This only shows the hypocrisy exhibited by the liberals - just like how they help 'minorities'.

    This world ain't Burger King and the psychotic despot is working cashier...

  9. How is the revenue up? on SCO Claims $15,300,000 From SCOsource · · Score: 2, Funny

    I though my check for my license bounced!

    Maybe 'cause it drew on my empty account due to the RIAA lawsuit......

  10. Re:push ups vs career options on IT Training in the Military? · · Score: 1

    I agree. The Navy has a large training track now, but is going through the growing pains the Air Force already went through. Although NMCI is taking up all the shore jobs, the ships at sea still have complex networks that need maintaining. My core training was in computers from the 70s. It is amazing how the basics are all the same, just smaller and faster. Where else can you get the experience only the old schoolers have AND maintain proficiency with bleeding edge.

    www.datasystemstech.com where all the talent from the Navy is!

  11. Re:parallel vs. serial on Building Your Own Glowing Cyber-Balls? · · Score: 1

    Find the local model railroad afficionados - they often have a large example of running relays from serial and parallel ports used to manage switching. Any large installation will have miles of wire with a 486 doing it all.

  12. Re:BULLSHIT on US Immigration Implements Biometric-based Border · · Score: 1

    HUH?

    You are one of those guys who trusts the United Nations over the United States, right?

    Have faith in the belief that others like you are the 'checks and balances' in the U.S. government - the whole reason for free speech. If I was hearing more about how Bush is killing our own people from elsewhere, then I would be inclined to put more weight into your statement.

    But for now, I will push thee to the fringe.....

  13. Great - More bureaucracy for law abiding citizens on US Immigration Implements Biometric-based Border · · Score: 1

    Just the term 'law-abiding citizens' means only the law applies to us who follow the law. Criminals and terrorists need not apply. I am married to a foreign national, from an allied country at that, and the amount of cost in terms of time and money for my wife to live in the U.S. is ridiculous. Now they want her biometric info? Sheesh.

    I have no problem with people coming to the U.S. - but if you want to come in, have some patience, fill out the paper work and stand in line like everyone else. Just ask a legal immigrant about the fairness of letting anyone in. A lot of people moved here to get AWAY from the criminal element, only to discover that the criminals can just walk in!

    Other things created to make us 'safe':

    - Gun Control (the biggest joke)
    - Curent flying regulations with respect to security
    - Printing the California Driver's handbook in 107 different languages.....

    Common Sense is no longer on the books......