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sliken
I have one of the new Pi's with 1GB ram. With a fast 64GB microsd card ($21 on black friday). I've been pretty impressed with fast it compiles with make -j4.
stinos
Yes especially the difference with the very first A model is night and day :]
dima55
Heh? Debian cross toolchains work fine: https://packages.debian.org/sid/gcc-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabi for armel and https://packages.debian.org/sid/gcc-4.9-arm-linux-gnueabihf for armhf
fit2rule
Cool if you're running Debian.
dima55
Well, not having to build your own cross-compilers is a HUGE reason to run Debian. Other distros probably have packages too in any case.
tomjen3
Find a vagrant Debian image and it doesn't much matter what you run.

Cross compiling is such a pain that it is worth avoiding it if at all possible.

voltagex_
Those packages haven't been in Debian for that long but I'm sure as hell glad they are.

Cross compilers are still really difficult.

hannibalhorn
I'd recommend just using a project like buildroot - it's really easy to begin with, and afterwards every odd device you eventually decide you need to cross compile for (old router with a MIPS CPU, etc.) becomes just as easy.
fit2rule
Great, this brings me one step closer to a dream: setting up distcc on every computer in the house so I can build rPi software in seconds, not hours..
oso2k
Couldn't tell from the guide, is this armv6 (A/A+, B/B+, Compute) or armv7 (B2)?
karmicthreat
You might consider building Linaro instead, especially if you are going to use a RPI 2.