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    1 year ago

    Yeah, it can definitely be faster. I limit how many cores portage can use, and I’m always watching Twitch or doing something else with the PC while it compiles. Plus, this is on a laptop.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve been using the MAKEOPTS flag in my make.conf

        It’s using 10 out of 16 threads, and can compile up to 123 packages simultaneously

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            Those are 10 threads, so about 5 cores. The CPU governor is set to ‘powersave’, which lowers the clock speed. I try save the other 3 cores for Firefox, etc.