Re: [arch-general] MAKEFLAGS and dragon.archlinux.org

2021-03-31 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
I usually use something like virtual core count plus half. If I'm compiling the Linux kernel my system might slow down in other areas for a bit, but it's still usable depending on the compile task. Personally, I want to pick up one of those new 64 core Ryzen cpus. Hear it can compile Unreal in lik

Re: [arch-general] definition of "orphan"

2021-03-16 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
How I look at this I'd it's a lot like vim. We can either optimize to make things easier for newbies, or more efficient for experienced users. Based on context, it's easy to understand, and you're keeping things simpler by not coming up with myriad additional terms for related but slightly differen

Re: [arch-general] definition of "orphan"

2021-03-12 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
This is really only an issue for non-fluent English speakers. We have to cater towards one language or terms get confusing and on the other end overly verbose. Both usages of orphan (aur, and packages) match conceptual categories for the term, meaning abandoned. They're each just abandoned in diffe

Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Moving to Zstandard images by default on mkinitcpio

2021-02-21 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
Those milliseconds matter. When you have a thousand processes starting up shaving off a couple fractions of a second on each helps you hit the less than 10 second boot time. On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:48 AM Archange via arch-general < arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote: > Le 21/02/2021 à 02:5

Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Moving to Zstandard images by default on mkinitcpio

2021-02-20 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
What about when you have an nvme disc with relatively slow boot up times? On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 10:20 AM Jonathon Fernyhough via arch-general < arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote: > On 20/02/2021 16:17, NicoHood via arch-general wrote: > > I was also wondering what gives the best speed. I

Re: [arch-general] [arch-announce] Moving to Zstandard images by default on mkinitcpio

2021-02-19 Thread mike lojkovic via arch-general
zstd is even faster at decompressing at boot than lz4 now? On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 1:45 PM Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general < arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote: > Em fevereiro 19, 2021 16:13 Piscium via arch-general escreveu: > > On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 13:37, Arch Linux: Recent news upd