Linux bro's, why Gentoo?
Explain it to me.
Ubuntu: easy to use and widely compatible with applications who have wide compatibility with Windows world, therefore work related, distro is about compatibility and stability priorized over getting newest packages
Arch: everything is newest shit you can possibly have and you can even make powerful gayming with it (I am not a gaymer though)
Debian: even older stuff than Ubuntu but I guess very stable
Gentoo: ??? you compile everything by yourself, what have you won?
Install Gentoo
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Install Gentoo
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Which gentoo? GNU+Gentoo Linux or the file manager.
I hear it's a lot of fun. If you like computers then compiling your own software is a fun and interesting use of time.
It's the ultimate hobbyist experience
it lets nocoders larp as coders as they compile everything in their system
I thought nocoders got filtered by the handbook
Arch linux is pretty complicated and you need to be able to read a manual
no you don't, never used that shitty arch handbook
its a meme distro for a reason. for whatever reason newbies tend to fall for it
Gentoo before IQfy is like pearls before swine.
Most packages are offered as binaries. Cope. You can set it to only compile of you want to change use flags. Cope. Reddit. Sneed.
>Most packages are offered as binaries. Cope.
How does this have anything to do with giving an explanation or reason as to why use Gentoo?
have you used it? it does everything i want. maybe not for you, but its the best distro for me. thanks for the question hope that clears it up
It's the most up-to-date widely adopted distro that doesn't ship with systemd. That is it. The minor speed improvements you get by optimizing kernel modules and compiler flags for your system are eaten up by the time it takes you to compile EVERYTHING and it's not like you can't use software that you compiled from source on other distros.
the time it takes to compile everything is irrelevant, you low IQ subhuman and a poorgay.
My firefox build does not depend on dbus and other malware.
how is possible to make it not dependent on those
1.) how do you think it functioned, say, 10 years ago?
2.) use flags
3.) /etc/portage/patches
we've gone full circle now where customizability has to be explained like it had to be before windows users started skinning their audio players with most inane stuff.
https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/by-others/funroll-loops/Gentoo-is-Rice.html
here you go saar, full explanation of why we choose Gentoo
You may also see people suggest using it in an ironic fashion to persons that ask moronic questions. The idea is that since they are moronic, they will attempt to install Gentoo and fail. But since their computer will not have a working OS they won't be able to return and ask more moronic questions.
And yeah I used Gentoo in the past, don't see a need for it today
>dmesg
>nmap
>netstat
>cowsay
god the larping is so cringe. learn to actually code or have a nice day
I know how to program anon.
script kiddie =/= coder
nice try homosexual
I mean if I need a program that does something I can cobble it together, not sure why I would need to be able to do much more than that.
i can code up a girlfriend who will have sex with me nerd
I'm too lazy to install Gentoo. Windows 10, Linux Mint and Debian just work.
Gentoo is for Noobs. Linux From Scratch is for Pros. If you're gonna be using Linux anyway, why be a Linux Noob? Go all the way in! Install Linux From Scratch.
if ubuntu does everything you want, then run it. it does almost nothing i want tho, so i dont use it
ubuntu is bloated
ubuntu uses snaps
ubuntu uses systemd
ubuntus GUI sucks
ubuntu hardly runs on any CPU architectures other than x86-64
none of those matter to the linux-lamb who just wants ease to use whole system
control.
people get caught up on the everything built from source thing since they're midwits.
gentoo isn't about having the latest stuff,
(by default the absolute latest packages aren't installed)
or the fastest stuff,
(improvements are gonna be slim unless you test unstable optimizations with every package)
foundationally gentoo is about about control.
the only reason building from source is the default is to facilitate said control.
with portage, arguably the best package manager, and some additional tools for comfort, you can do whatever the hell you want. if you want to strip cjk characters out of nearly every package you can do it, you wanna install systemd you can do it, you wanna install multiple versions of the same package you can do it. list goes on.
simple as.
>arch
arch is very similar, gentoo even uses arch-chroot during install in fact, and you do get a wide margin of control, but not on the compiler flag level unless you're using mostly PKGBUILDs from the AUR at which point you'd be better off with gentoo+guru overlay. arch also doesn't support non systemd init systems and anything that isnt x86_64, limiting your control over your init system and hardware
>Gentoo: ??? you compile everything by yourself, what have you won?
You have won Gentoo. The purpose of Gentoo is Gentoo. That not Gentoo is inferior to Gentoo at being Gentoo hence a waste of time. Simple as.
Linux does not "just werks" not unless you build your kernel manually