Gentoo 64 bit was made working on Raspberry Pi 3 not long ago. I tried Arch for a short time last year. I was really missing those USE flags and ability to lock/select software version.
Also when I was using Arch, I always felt that it was pushing me hard to upgrade my system, which really feels uncomfortable. I think that Gentoo runs more stable than Arch (might be wrong, just my feeling), and with cross compiling it should not be a big problem to upgrade whole system. I do agree that using Arch on Raspberry Pi would be much simpler than Gentoo. Anyway I will try to compile natively after I receive my Pi ;-) But till now nobody ever mentioned *official* raspbian OS. Funny. On 2017-06-26 09:00, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. <herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > The next time I use Gentoo I am planning have my build directoy on seperate > storage. I know I can cross compile, but building natively did not take as > long as you might think. If you are looking for similicty then try Arch. > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < > herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well right now I am running Arch on my Pi mostly b/c when I was running >> Gentoo I was compiling natiavly. Arch has the benefit of running a minimal >> install and you can basically build from there. I had some issues running >> Gentoo, but that was mostly b/c I was building nativaly on the SD card. >> >> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Danny YUE <sheepd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Any reasons? I want to hear some ideas to make the decision ;-) >>> >>> Seriously, I do not think it is a good idea to compile using Raspberry >>> Pi because of the weak CPU. >>> >>> I prefer to cross compile on my PC when using Gentoo. >>> >>> >>> On 2017-06-26 08:47, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < >>> herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > I prefer Gentoo or Arch. With Gentoo consider making /var/tmp/portage on >>> > USB drive. This way you have your build directory not on the SD card. >>> > >>> > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Danny YUE <sheepd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi guys, >>> >> >>> >> I am planning to buy a Raspberry Pi 3 to setup a local network storage >>> >> and try some IoT stuff. Now I am searching for some background things. >>> >> >>> >> Which OS do you install on your Raspberry Pi? >>> >> >>> >> Gentoo? Raspbian? Or even...arch? >>> >> >>> >> This might seems to be the wrong place to ask, but I consider Gentoo as >>> >> my first-place option, so I would like to know your experiences. >>> >> >>> >> Thanks. >>> >> >>> >> Danny >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >>
