Subj : and that song ain't so very far from wrong
To   : Nick Boel
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Aug 11 2025 22:49:17

Hey Nick!

> whenever they decide to update gcc, that is

slackware-current has it.  I haven't checked but I think I might have outpaced them as well.  Usually I am just a step behind the archlinux powers-that-be.

> Took me about 60 seconds including the reboot

There is no way that is possible.  I am guessing that even a 96 penguin threadripper would take at least minutes to compile a beefy kernel, with modules from hell, as well as gzip them, and then archive/compress the entire thing into one tidy package using xz, which I believe is still a single threaded app.  Sorry but I have to call bullshit on this one.

Life is good,
Maurice

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