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[–] 40 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

I did Gentoo in my 20s when all I could afford was garbage computers. I enjoyed the experience β€” whether it did or not, it made me feel like I was getting the most out of whatever I had, and I learned SO much about Linux.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Agreed. I blew up. Multiple Gentoo installs, but by the time I stopped using it, I could recover from any of my mistakes. I still miss portage but I actually use my linux machines now instead them being the project themselves :p. I'm a boring Debian boy now...

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I run my Gentoo like a Debian by now. All stable (except Firefox) and conservative compiler flags.

    Binary packages also look kinda interesting.

    Sometimes I want to tinker and I unmask some packages.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Run a Gentoo Prefix maybe? You get portage and can install customized packages like one does, without risking the system.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I don't think a Gentoo Prefix is anything but an environment directly on the host, it's not containerized in any way. For me its for a system where the package manager is a bit outdated or I need to patch it, then installing with portage by a Gentoo Prefix helps me do that.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I wanted to try Gentoo to learn more about Linux and compiling.

    But that fucking distro just works, and compiling is so automatic I'm done in one command!

    I feel betrayed, but also very satisfied by the distro.

    Fuck binary blobs.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Sadly, it's Systemd or Openrc only.

    Edit: though there was a s6 custom repo i think, last i looked?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Sadly, it’s Systemd or Openrc only.

    You got me quickly checking on that... e.g.:

    % eix -c runit
    [N] sys-process/runit (2.2.0-r2): A UNIX init scheme with service supervision
    

    ... You sure?

    Gentoo's all about choice.

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