Gentoo Recommendations

make.conf
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CFLAGS="-O2 -ggdb -fno-strict-aliasing"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
FEATURES="parallel-fetch splitdebug installsources sandbox usersandbox userfetch userpriv"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"

Optionally, add "-ffast-math" to CFLAGS. It's debatable whether this is a good idea or not, but
it generally results in faster code.

partitions
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/			2	GB	ext4			rw,relatime
/boot			1	GB	ext3			rw,noatime
/usr			16 	GB	ext4			rw,relatime
/usr/lib64/debug	8	GB	reiserfs		rw,relatime		(OPTIONAL: use with FEATURES=splitdebug)
/usr/portage		1	GB	reiserfs		rw,notail,noatime
/usr/portage/distfiles	2	GB	reiserfs		rw,noatime
/usr/src		8	GB	reiserfs		rw,notail,noatime
/usr/src/debug		4	GB	reiserfs		rw,relatime		(OPTIONAL: use with FEATURES=installsources)
/var			2	GB	ext4			rw,relatime
/var/tmp		8-16	GB	ext2 OR reiserfs	rw,noatime,(notail IF reiserfs)
/home			????		ext4 OR reiserfs	rw,relatime
swap			4	GB	swap			sw

TOTAL			~65-80	GB