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>Don't get me wrong, compiling your own kernel, solving shared libraries compilation hell, messing up your init.d and starting over, leaving your Pentium 4 comp
by newswasboring 5y ago
>Don't get me wrong, compiling your own kernel, solving shared libraries compilation hell, messing up your init.d and starting over, leaving your Pentium 4 compile for several hours was a massive waste of my 20s. But, boy, did I enjoy it!
Apropos to this, I remember back in early 2010s arch linux IRC had a bot which used to make fun of Gentoo for its compile time. One of them was something like "Watching compile text fly by is fun for the whole family". I still think about this some time. Which is funny because in day to day I don't use any compiled languages :P
Edit: forgot to quote relevant text.
PS: If someone does remember the exact quote, please tell me, it would make my day.
- bmn__ 5y ago"Watching shit scroll by for hours makes me a Linux expert overnight!" https://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://funroll-loops.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/2002/http://funroll-loops.org/
- newswasboring 5y agoThank you so much. I don't know where the fun for whole family part came from though. Probably me mixing two quotes together. But you just gave me back some of my teenage. Thanks again.
- mekster 5y agoTo he honest, watching shit scroll actually makes you comprehend what is an error and what is not. It does help figure out informational crap from errors in other situations than being overwhelmed by wall of texts.
- _joel 5y agoSame but with ricing Gentoo in the early 2000s