Yeah, it’s insane how easy to use Gentoo is.

Nobody will take it from me. But I admit to only using it on desktop, laptop is using Mint. If I ever find time to play around with a build server, I will try switching there, too.

I know, but that’s so long ago, yet the jokes are here anyway.

Which is shame, as it seems to be scaring away potential users.

I just read a lot of Wiki.

But when I discovered how cool it is to compile stuff, I went straight to Gentoo, assuming it’s mostly the same apart from packaging.

It’s not like reinstalling Windows wasn’t the best way to make it usable after couple of years.

And sure, HDR is the issue with SMASHING Windows? I always laugh at people who say ‘Linux is not ready for 99% of users’ then point out a feature only 1% uses.

I have not tried Bazzite, so maybe it’s a lot better than Fedora, maybe even Fedora changed, as I dropped it over a decade ago.

Fedora used to fuck up my work laptop after every upgrade, so I migrated to Ubuntu (14), then later to Mint.

I would suggest anyone to have any Fedora-based distro specially with nvidia hw as a second option after Mint.

Really?

I never tried Arch, so I can’t compare.

Apart from initramfs from install, which took more time, it felt like everything else just worked. Including installing Steam.

systemd anyone?

ducks for cover

Stage 1 and 2 are no longer available (I mean technically you could, but it’s not suggested). Stage 3 was super easy, even with kernel from source.

It takes time, sure, but it can compile on background. I got 16 threads on my CPU, so leaving 12 for emerge, I can still use the PC.

I get that people joke about ‘days of compiling’, and maybe it’s real for a huge mass of packages, but even if, it doesn’t stop me from working.

Gentoo is easy and almost user-friendly.

Specially coming from Arch it should be a breeze.

Plan9 sounds like a more exclusive deal.

Gentoo is well documented and works almost out of the box.

Gentoo is many things.

KISS is none of them.

null and void

Gentooooooooooooooo!!1!

Gentoo in the top tier, checks out

Then appimages/flatpak?

If you ever need any help, don’t hesitate to DM.

Though Gentoo is not as hard as people think.

It seems like it.

Had 0 issues with Steam on Gentoo.

You can set up number of compile threads and keep working while updating.

Oh hell naw.

I am a proud and vocal Gentoo user.

And you won’t make me to back to binary packages. Fuck them.

USE flags are the best thing ever, reminding us why software should be Open.

Gentoo 4ever.