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Hello world. I once tried to compile the chromium browser on a 4GB machine...just for fun sakes. Their recommended hardware is > 16 GB however. Clearly I don't have the hardware to be able to compile, much less even begin to think of opensource contributions... :\

But have people AT ANYTIME for such big projects, ever decided to do compilation on the cloud?

I know the answer here, but I guess, I need to be slapped in the face for it...so just asking...

@deostroll in a manner od speaking, probably

but a lot of big projects just have shared build servers

@deostroll I've never tested something like this, though I'd suspect this is the kind of thing that might overwhelm even Astaroth (because they're recommending 20+ cores and 64+ GB RAM). I don't do this kind of software development, though :p

(Astaroth has 16 cores and 32 GB of RAM, though I could pop in another 32 GB if needed)

It'll probably be doable in a sane amount of time, but... anandtech.com/show/14980/the-intel-core-i9-9990xe-review/2

"compiles per day"

A single compile of Chromium can take close to an hour on even a 16C/32T processor!

@deostroll "4 GB machine"

Have fun waiting an entire workday or more (because of paging) to get a usable build...

Yes, at the time, I didn't know.

And the machine froze...the build never completed!

lol

This is why devs spend serious money on server-grade hardware.

But most open-source projects are not that large. Heck, it's possible to build a default-configuration Linux kernel in only a few minutes' time with decent hardware, and in under a minute with the fastest desktop processors.

1-2 minutes for a modern 8-core processor.

purchasing server-grade hardware is something I have to think really hard about...because once I do buy it, I wouldn't know what else to do with it...

Why not do what I did and build a system with a Ryzen 9 3950X?

Or if that's not enough, you have the option of going with Threadripper...

(yes, it's almost $2,000 for 32C/64T, but if you routinely need to do this sort of work, it doesn't get much better than this)

After all, Linus Torvalds uses a Ryzen Threadripper 3970X.

zdnet.com/article/…

Of course, actual professional developers will often be working with server-class systems, typically dual-socket Xeon machines.

Though Threadripper and EPYC are becoming increasingly attractive options.

That image generously supplied by the Department of AMD Fanboy Propaganda

lol

Intel Xeon has long been the preferred solution for work of this sort. Dual-socket Xeon workstations are a mainstay in developer applications.

> A supercomputer is a device for turning compute-bound problems into I/O-bound problems.

(Ken Batcher)

Well, I just completed a restoration of one of my (several) old laptops. Only issue is, I can't test it out, as my power supply isn't here yet.