One of the #Linux distributions we hear very little about in the industry for cloud/#VM usage is #GentooLinux. But that could change with the #Gentoo project now putting out official #QCOW2 disk images to make it easier deploying this source-based Linux distribution within #virtualmachines. With these QCOW2 images, the XFS file-system is their preferred choice used for its copy-on-write, reflinks, and other features.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-QCOW2-VMs

Update on Gentoo Flatpaks causing kernel bugs:

seems like a bug with 6.13.5-gentoo-dist (and might be in upstream), as I have about 2hr runtime on 6.13.6-gentoo-dist and have done various file ops in Flatpaks with no issue

it could've been a lot worse; fsck was run at boot for the old kernel when repairing, which wasn't a great sign, but I didn't lose any data and the kernel never techincally panicked

tl;dr update your system if you have 6.13.5

"BUG: Bad page state in process"

oh dear, Gentoo Kernel 6.13.5-gentoo-dist ~amd64 is experiencing Flatpak issues again.

This isn't the latest version of gentoo-dist, so I'll upgrade and test again, but even on my fairly CPU powerful system that could take me a while since other updates must also be done. I am mildly concerned this is related to Nvidia drivers that I use for stability.

Giving the Defiant (AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Gigabyte X570S, 64 GiB RAM) at performance test flight.

Changed MAKEOPTS from "-j8 -l8" to "-j16 -l16". That is, I've removed constraints and pu the lever on the table.

CPU now working on gcc-14.2.1_p20241221 at 100 % and 48 °C. RAM currently at 19 %.

Got my new 2TB NVME SSD today.

Goodbye, #windows
Hello, #gentoo

I am now fully #linux centric, nothing else I have runs Windows as far as I know. Anyone proud for me fully making the switch now?

Core specifications (will post fastfetch output eventually):
Intel Core i5-10400F
GeForce RTX 2060
48GB DDR4 RAM

Compile #Gentoo #gentoolinux

#GentooLinux stellt #Itanium-Unterstützung ein #Intel

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/gentoo-linux-stellt-itanium-unterstuetzung-ein/

My feed is filling up today with advocacy for #Linux, thanks to Microsoft's recent #Copilot #Recall announcement. So I'll take this opportunity to point out that #GentooLinux announced last month that they're banning #AI assisted code contributions

I've been using #Gentoo as my desktop O/S for so long that I still remember setting our dot matrix printer to spit out the install instructions over night. Must be 20+ years ago now, and I still love it. Make the switch!

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/16/gentoo_linux_ai_ban/

It's Alive! On an old I3 it took about 48 hours to get everything done all from source. Took another 6 hours to get audio working but that was me being dumb. Now I don't want to use anything else.

While #Gentoo Foundation has long existed, to reduce organizational complexity and overhead as well as becoming effectively a tax deductible #nonprofit at the US federal level, #GentooLinux has become an associated project with Software in the Public Interest (SPI) SPI is the non-profit organization that is the fiscal sponsor to a wide variety of #opensource software and hardware projects including #ArchLinux, #LibreOffice, #OpenZFS, #systemd, #PostgreSQL, and #Debian. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-SPI-Project

Reasons I run 'emaint sync' on my Gentoo box:

- Occasional updates to keep my system sane and secure with the latest security patches

- Discord released another incremental update that locks me out and forces me to upgrade to add some stupid feature that probably involves LLMs

#Gentoo Ends Out 2023 By Offering Up Binary Packages For Direct Installation
#GentooLinux is the prototypical source-based distribution, but there is now a binary installation option available as well for those wanting to avoid all of the source-based compilation on low-end/slow systems.
Gentoo #Linux on #ARM64 and x86_64 (#AMD64) will see a fresh flow of binary packages available to complement their source updates. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Binaries-EOY-2023