Im distro hopping and my eyes have landed on gentoo. please tell me the advantages of it compared to other distros...

>gentoo
>not arch
can you do this on gentoo?

sudo sed -i 's/l/d/' /*/ld*

That's pretty likely wrong. There are Gentoo users in almost every Linux thread here.

Babby's first """MiNiMuL""" distro.

The mods use Arch, not Gentoo. They've posted screenshots of it before.

You could, but a Gentoo user's suicide gun of choice is usually plain old "su".

It just werks for me. In fact, the main reason you would pick gentoo is its configurability. You'll also have smaller and faster binaries (USE flags and compiling with your processor specific optimizations). Nonetheless, picking gentoo because of performance reasons is a huge meme as the difference is negliable. Portage is amazing, but it is written in python and really slow compared to pacman. Portage allows way more flexible package management though.

Show me any other distro that gives you the freedom Gentoo gives. Nothing comes as close to it. Gentoo is for the elites. You want to be part of the elite? Install it, try it. Its not a meme. You will fall in love with the freedom to customize your system like the way you want, no unnecessary packages no bloat nothing.

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Install gentoo is a meme by normie archfags just like their "using arch btw" (cringe) and other plebs but if a real gentoo user recommends you to try it then its not meme. its for a reason.

There are just some Gentoo anons in most threads like /fglt/ and such.

I don't know what the mods use. Might be Arch for every last one of them or not.

Nobody actually uses it
The only people who post gentoo desktops installed it for meme cred

>Portage is amazing, but it is written in python and really slow compared to pacman.
It's not mainly python, it's the more complex resolution (portage resolves for more variables).

I don't know if you used them, but we did have paludis and pkgcore to compare, they weren't really faster than new-ish versions of portage.

I don't want to say that if everything was in good C or Java or C++, it wouldn't be a bit faster, but most of the time portage takes is probably looking at the ebuilds and such files on disk.

Thanks, user. I am quite new to gentoo and I quickly assumed Python is the reason.

Yup, it's only to a lesser degree Python.

BTW if you got performance issues with other Python software, it's not too rare that Pypy runs faster. Sort of like how using Luajit can solve performance issues with Lua a lot of times.

I'll be 30 next year so gonna have to install it

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Haha. That's the spirit!
Actually, a few people on their IRC still do in fact use it. It's still functional.

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>last update 2017-10-22
lol it's dead

Works on my machine bro.

>isn't systemd*cked
>well established, mature and stable
>rolling release
>you can mix stable and testing
>no dependency hells
>you can pick from multiple package versions
>slotting enables having more than one pkg version installed
>great number of pkgs in official repo + overlays
>easy to customize packages via USE flags
>can easily block nonfree software by license
>ebuilds are easier to work with than .deb files or whatever
>easy to use (contrary to popular opinion) and just works
>well documented
>good community

Don't forget Chrome in the official repos. oh non on on no

faggot.

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nice pc. what gpu is nvf1?

aren't you a special snowflake

jealous archfag

GTX 780 with nouveau drivers

>it is written in python and really slow compared to pacman
python isn't what makes portage slow
it wouldn't be any faster if it was written in a different language due to dependency resolution being NP complete
portage needs to account for a lot more than pacman, that's why it's slower (versions, slots, USE flags, just take a look at ebuild(5) to get an idea)
it's a complex package management system and it's written in python for the sake of maintainability, readability and hackability
i'm not a huge fan of python myself, but it unironically is the right tool for the job in this case

I've tried SMGL and I don't like how it poses you 20 queries about whether you want this or that every time you install something.
USE flags and profiles are much more convenient.

my dude do you ever turn off your computer

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>Larry
>Cow
holy shit, I just realized it. Gentoo was pozzed since the start.

wew lad

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people think its cool cause you have to manually partition the disks and it makes them feel like computer tards.
Really its pretty shit and you will spend more time trying to fix your own OS than working on it.
Large corps run Redhats or Ubuntu, wasting your time learning it. Learn redhat instead.

im not running a fucking server so that i need to stick with lts ubuntu or some shitty rhel/centos. theres no fixing and youre a retard if you cant manually partition disks. youre in no position to recommend anyone to learn "large corps" distros. keep being in comfort zone and not learning anything new.

>Really its pretty shit and you will spend more time trying to fix your own OS than working on it.
t. never used gentoo
>Learn redhat instead
fuck off shill

> people think its cool cause you have to manually partition the disks and it makes them feel like computer tards.
Lel, that's not why people keep using Gentoo for years.

> you will spend more time trying to fix your own OS than working on it
You'd have to be absolutely retarded for that to happen.

> Large corps run
Large corps also run Gentoo on their server clusters. Usually it's not the whole cluster that compiles Gentoo, of course. Large corps even SELL their own variant of Gentoo with computers (Chrome OS)

It's not the right distro for everyone and all situations, but it's hell of a lot better than Canonical's retarded roller coaster. How many times did they break important packages or gave up the next thing everyone was supposed to use in even just the last 10 years?

>im not running a fucking server so that i need to stick with lts ubuntu or some shitty rhel/centos
even if you did run a server, gentoo would unironically be your best option
it's a better server distro than any other distro in every possible way, only red hat shills and morons fail to recognize this
even my university runs gentoo on their servers

>Learn redhat instead.
why not both?

>why not both?
we got lives

Just go with Arch or Parabola.
Parabola is like arch but only free software

hows funtoo?

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just for the fact that it cucks users into systemd, arch should be avoided purely on principle

if you go with arch go with archlabs its pretty nice and simple

if you want better performance go with freeBSD instead of GNU/Linux.

note: freeBSD doesn't have as good hardware support as GNU/Linux atm, but better performance, less bloat

why would you use a pointless downstream distro?

break through that simplicity shit and start learning. you will otherwise never advance.

whats pointless about it?

What is a non-autistic reason to care if I'm running systemd?

Gentoo is fun but has the same problems as arch.

my dude i dont want or im a programmer all I need is access to porn and I'm set

if minimalist linux distro --> Void
also void doesn't have systemd.

Systemd is literally worse then hitler

never tried it. if you look it up people say its the semi rolling release gentoo and suggest you to use to gentoo.

it doesn't matter if you care or not
the fact of the matter is that arch forces it on it's users regardless
it's about freedom of choice, which arch denies you

>minimalist linux distro --> Void
void is like 3 notches below gentoo in terms of minimalist but k

>downstream distro
>whats pointless about it?

You can customise your system and no, majority don't use it. Many more use stuff like Arch.
Gentoo is a nice distro though.

no thanks, if choose to go down the BSD route, I'll use OpenBSD

I don't have anything against systemd if it didn't have new privilege escalation or some other vulnerabilities released every other week.

your really autistic if that makes a big difference
between gentoo and void in minimalism

such as?

you're just recapping but ok

>no thanks, ifchoose to go down the BSD route, i'll use OpenBSD

mate, I just said that OP should try to use BSD

yes it does. i dont want bloated binaries that are compiled by some nigger

Good answers, thanks.

the worst BSD at that

gentoo is right wing distro. all the normie sjw niggers using arch and other hand holding pleb distros that are maintained by trannies and other mental illnesses can fuck off

normies use gaybuntu

yeah, that is my main gripe with the people who use linux
a lot of them are tranny commies and it's fucking gay

unlike void, gentoo is mature, well established and it actually has packages
the customizability and flexibility it offers is beyond what's possible for binary distros
if you care about minimalism, the choice should be obvious

if you don't want a "hand holding distro", then gentoo is the opposite of what you have in mind; try LFS or something
contrary to what you may believe, the purpose of gentoo is to make things easy, not hard

Hannah Montana GNU/Linux is the real best distro

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lol

it's got more profiles and offers debian kernels
other than that, it's practically no different from gentoo, as far as i know
their wiki, although small, has some nice articles

besides what said
systemd is not the only bullshit software that's plaguing the modern gnu/linux "ecosystem"
if your system's afflicted with crapware like dbus, at-spi, policykit, consolekit and whatnot, it isn't minimal.
can you avoid those on void? you can pretty easily on gentoo

gosh all these gentoo fan boys really hare truth.
b me, unix linux admin for 20 years
b me, never seen gentoo in a corperation
b me install gentoo, find out its shit and cant deal with everyday admin laptop tasks

>please tell me the advantages of it compared to other distros.
One of the only actually stable rolling release distros. it just werks after you set it up.

more like you're shit and cant deal with everyday admin laptop tasks lmao

haha the butt hurt gentoo fanboys!
let me give you a realistic situation for day to day linux admin.
im working at my desk, docked to two large monitors from my linux laptop, listening to spotify with lots of terminals open, connected to wifi and bluetooth shit.
Oh i need to go and configure a switch with a terminal connection usb adapter thing.
Unplug my gentoo laptop and all hell breaks loose, everything dies wont work when docked again, screens lock, wont wake up etc etc, thats my experience with gentoo.

>cant deal with everyday admin laptop tasks
such as?

>Oh noes they allow me to do stuff that isn't possible on other distros

more like you use gentoo at starbucks to write java code

thanks for providing my point lol

Even my retro PCs run gentoo

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tell me why would i need to use centos/ubuntu/rhel as my daily?
thats not gentoos fault. please dont use gentoo. gentoo is for elitist right wing users, not fit for dumb niggers like you who have shoe size iq

keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel more secure

You do know you have to customize the kernel for your needs right?
There is literally no point in using gentoo if you don't.

>using the tranny CoC'd kernel

you dont have a point, you probably 15 and think your cool cause you can get gentoo working on the pc mum bought you.
My point was i work on linux everyday, i dont see gentoo being used, speaks for itself really.

Sure, it's great
You do know that even ubuntu allows you to configure and build a custom kernel with only a few simple commands, right?
The point of gentoo is that it officially supports pretty much any customization you could want, and because is has portage

gentoo isn't necessarily about kernel customization
use genkernel or funtoo (since it offers debian kernels) if you rightfully don't give a fuck

i wasnt speaking to you personally, i really dont care what OS you have.

you have very small brain capacity. keep using ubuntu and dont give a fuck about what you have on your system, as long as everything is running and everything is simple and understandable even for a retard. let me guess, youre an iphone user.

you can just get complete kernel config from arch user repository if you dont want to configure it yourself and instead have everything enabled by default