HardInfo2 for RedCore (Gentoo-based)

[Egzoset]

Salutations,

I checked these 2 other threads previously:

[ https:// www.linux.org/threads/hardinfo2.52890/ ]​

HardInfo2 (2024-Sep-22)​

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[ https:// www.linux.org/threads/todays-article-is-a-news-article.50105/ ]​

Today's article is a news article... (2024-May-26)​

Unfortunately it seems there's no package available for RedCore after i searched using Sisyphus, Discover and WareHouse; while none of the HardInfo2 downloads as .deb, .rpm, .tar.gz (source code), .ebuild (Gentoo script) nor .git (Arch metadata) will prove suitable - so far anyway. In short i'd have to consider the long route... In comparison Gadura had Bauh, Discover, Gnome-Software and Octopi. Which did end up providing me with a satisfying install. RedCore might be OKay if i could find HardInfo's "meta" in some .flatpakref format, and of course it's nowhere i can think of. Have i overlooked something or is it going to be necessary to proceed with source code? Or just wait...

As usual my home-made slogan verifies again: « fix once, break many »! That's too bad because although Garuda did eventually let me have HardInfo2 its "sexy" eye candy appears to hurt in terms of video playback performance, while RedCore might have an edge but i can't compare with my previous HardInfo records obtained from many other Linux flavours already installed on a modest Dull NoteBook.

This could have been posted in the cited pre-existing threads but i figured such level of involvement justified one of its own. Please move/merge if judged otherwise.

Good day, have fun!!

 

[Egzoset]

The wait didn't last long. Well, there's a 'hardinfo2-2.2.1.ebuild' available somewhere but RedCore is limited to the old version right now:

su
sisyphus search --ebuild hardinfo2

Local copy of remote index is up-to-date and will be used.

[ Results for search key : hardinfo2 ]
Searching...

* app-admin/hardinfo
Latest version available: 0.6_alpha_pre20221113
Latest version installed: 0.6_alpha_pre20221113
Size of files: 1,378 KiB
Homepage: https://github.com/lpereira/hardinfo
Description: System information and benchmark tool for Linux systems
License: GPL-2

[ Applications found : 1 ]

sisyphus install hardinfo --ebuild
fetching updates..... Aucune entrée de remisage trouvée.
.....

There are 2 unread news article(s).

These are the source packages that would be merged, in order:


app-admin/hardinfo-0.6_alpha_pre20221113


Total: 1 source package(s)

Would you like to proceed? [Yes/No]
->>> Verifying ebuild manifests

Emerging (1 of 1) app-admin/hardinfo-0.6_alpha_pre20221113::gentoo
Installing (1 of 1) app-admin/hardinfo-0.6_alpha_pre20221113::gentoo
Recording app-admin/hardinfo in "world" favorites file...
Completed (1 of 1) app-admin/hardinfo-0.6_alpha_pre20221113::gentoo
Jobs: 1 of 1 complete Load avg: 1.09, 0.36, 0.13

Fair enough, now i can contemplate comparing with my other installed Linux!! And since i suspect the new current version will become available if not auto-updated then i guess this present thread can now be marked as [ SOLVED ].

Good day, have fun!!

 

[wizardfromoz]

@Egzoset , you can mark this as solved, yourself.

You can mark it as such by going to your first post, and do as follows

Near bottom left of the post click Edit - (No Prefix) - Solved

Only when you are sure

Cheers

Wizard

 

[wizardfromoz]

Moving this to "Other Distributions"

 

[Egzoset]

I copy you loud & clear on all issues: it turns out this installation of HardInfo v0.6 alpha actually lacks the required « Benchmarks » feature, which means for me this ain't ready to be declared as [ SOLVED ] just yet...

 

[Egzoset]

Now here's something substantial to chew on:

[ https:// github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2 ]​

System Information and Benchmark for Linux​

It seems the author himself maintains a most informative tabloïd about what works!

For example in the HardInfo2 v2.1.11 category: EPEL 8, MX-23, Mageia 9, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu 24.10.

Better yet, i also noticed that « distro support » got added in Gentoo via v2.2.1, but still not RedCore so far...

In any case even such momentary failure can be transformed into a strategic advantage for the benefit of my own Dull NoteBook dedicated thread:

'Dell Inspiron 15 3520 as replacement for Insignia NS-P11W7100' (2024-May-19)​

At least now i know which Linux is a waste of time & efforts long BEFORE i even downloaded an .ISO, which can be considered to be quite significant in terms of progress when seen from my particular perspective...

.ebuild (Gentoo script)

Ah and guess what, using RedCore i found out there's a utility accessible from its CLI that's called 'ebuild' exactly, and of course « Fix once, Break many » verifies once more. Worse, considering the additional waste of storage space multiplied by compilation time and the number of individuals one can safely conclude it ain't environmentally friendly, because of the resulting carbon (greenhouse gas) footprint!! Which is a decisive argument in favour of rationalized resources IMHO.

Good day, have fun!!

 

[wizardfromoz]

One of the good things I find about Redcore is that it ships with Timeshift installed.

A lot easier than other Gentoo-based distros' methods of installing it.

 

[Egzoset]

No worries as it's still on the menu, just delayed until i can make better documented comparisons using HardInfo2.

 

[wizardfromoz]

I may not have been clear.

In your circumstances, I would take a Timeshift snapshot first, then experiment with introduced software.

If the software works OK, I can delete my previous snapshot and take a new one.

If not, I can use the existing snapshot to revert.

Your choice, of course,

Wiz

 

[Egzoset]

It was clear already, while in this present case the suggestion sure makes a lot of sense to me too, precisely because of the additional setup time potentially involved. On another hand the partition still got nearly full even after a second 10 GB increase, now with only 75 MB left (...), so i might as well just want to inflate my initial 28 GB target to ~50 or even more then save the partition locally. Which may also be a matter of unconcious reflex reminescent of my 1st contact with Win11 insisting to send a copy in the clouds without me realizing its magnitude... Besides, the larger the data the more advantage comes with my local transfer speed over USB 3. Meanwhile i'll need to reclaim its storage space and find an alternative candidate waiting for HardInfo2 to get ready on RedCore, or possibly similar if that applies.