Thanks for the heads up! I haven’t had any problems with it in the make.conf but now I know where to look if there’s any problems. I might change it to package.use though…
Yea I know, if one is running systemd, it might be a global flag, but I run OpenRC and I keep it as a local flag. Usually if one will use the --pretend when compiling packages, it will point you to what flag to use.
You have to remember that use flags put in package.use will override the flags in make.conf. If you run emerge --info, you will see a lot of use flags, but not all have been enabled. Also the use of the keyword
~amd64 will also require more use flags to be set. The use of use flags can be iffy at times and not well documented. If you are not having issues, then leave it be!!!
I changed from Xorg because of the issues with Nvidia GPU after kernel updates. I didn’t always remember to do the process (mount /efi, grub-mkconfig etc) when kernel was updated and next boot stuck because of the wrong driver for the GPU or grub issues. I have moved to gentoo-kernel-bin and with Wayland never had any issues after kernel update. My /efi is always mounted nowadays.
I have read that Xorg has also some security flaws which Wayland doesn’t. Can’t remember what.
Yes, I believe Gentoo will eventually move to Wayland!! That being said, the machine I have Gentoo running on can not run with the efi partition, or even a gpt HDD, so I am still using msdos with a /boot partition, which also has to mounted. So I am still using xorg and the gentoo-kernel-bin with the dist-kernel and dracut use flags set in make.conf.
We need to chat more often about Gentoo!!!
There’s nothing very special going on here. Fedora 40 KDE Spin using the Breeze Dark theme and Kora icon set. My wallpaper is the Bing daily image which I enjoy as it’s always fresh and often gives me something to read up on.
You might be nearly the only one here who uses Fedora.
Do you have any take on where it differes from Debian-based distros?
Maybe you could give us a summary.?
The only difference I’ve seen in a Fedora installation is the use of RPM packages and DNF commands instead of APT. Once installed, it’s pretty transparent and works pretty well.
Yes, I expected that.
I guess what I was really chasing was some info from a regular Fedora user about how reliable the people who make its releases are.?
Do upgrades always work , like in Debian, or are there hitches?
In my short experience, the occasional updates always work without problems. I’ve never used it long enough to encounter a version upgrade. If I did, I would likely flush and reinstall.
After watching this forum for several years, I think a large percentage or even the majority of problems rise from the version upgrade process. I would always recommend against upgrading–back up your data, flush/format, and reinstall. Further, used computers are too cheap and easily obtained to not be used. The second biggest source of problems is dual-booting.
Today I’m on my laptop in the back seat of my mother-in-law’s SUV. The laptop is plugged into an outlet in the back seat. I have my cell phone tethered to the laptop using USB-C. Sometimes it’s 4G and sometimes it’s 5G and sometimes the signal fades as we drive.
Here is my “desktop” on my laptop. A nice picture of Iowa, where I live.
That is a barn on a former homestead. Now it’s in the middle of a field. Not sure why they didn’t just tear down the barn instead of planting around it.
