[ale] Need a better Linux distro

[Jeff Hubbs]

On 5/31/20 11:11 PM, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> So build a cluster of them before you run emerge all. 😝

One *can* do that, but I don't recommend it as a general relief from the 
simple truth that a desktop Gentoo computer can take a while to update 
everything.

For one thing, not all ebuilds in Portage are marked as "distcc-clean" 
and actually, some that are shouldn't be. I've used distcc quite a bit 
and I've observed that even if you've set up the host list and make 
options to absolutely max out your distcc rig in theory, in practice 
that doesn't quite happen over the longer term. (although if you're not 
careful, you can pop circuit breakers with the load you can create at 
once). DIstcc is especially useful in Gentoo-land if you're focused on 
one particular package and do development on it, and you can also set it 
up to work on your kernel compiles so if you're doing a lot of kernel 
hacking it can be nice to speed up those makes.

It's also nice if you incorporate cross-compiling such that you, say, 
have a whole pile of AMD64-arch systems building for, say, an ARM CPU.