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I'll ask again to be sure. I want to switch to gentoo from debian. What are the downsides of gentoo? And is it any good for desktop usage?
Joshua Russell
-compiling -no matter how fast your computer is- takes much more time than installing binary packages. Sometimes when you upgrade packages you need to compile not just the new package but the ones depending on it. -requires actual effort to configure and set up your packages (needs to be done actually once)
Gentoo is whatever you want it to be. If you want desktop, select a desktop profile and you're set.
Carson Martinez
Just got a mic and input is crackling/popping. options snd-hda-intel position_fix=3 (also 1 and 2) in modprobe.d didn't solve it. Tried it in windows and it worked normally. Sound device is a Realtek ALC892.
Any ideas?
Cooper Wright
Just installed Kubuntu, after not trying linux on desktop since 2007ish.
How do I install this? I am retarded, sorry. Not sure what the path is, but I feel like I have to do something with github, I tried pasting the URL github.com/lingtjien/Grid-Tiling-Kwin
why is cygwin so fucking terrible and why does no one try to fix it?
>can only select packages during cygwin install >want to use new packages? sorry friendo, no way to install them from inside cygwin you gotta reinstall the whole thing
I don't even see the point of this trash existing, got more work done in a VM than this crap. maybe WSL will finally make it irrelevant
