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Where to go now since Linux is mainstream (lemmy.today)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I can't even feel superior to everyone when theirs so many arch installers!! I use real arch btw. I thought "I guess I should go to Gentoo" but then wait, CHROMEOS IS A GENTOO INSTALLER!

I feel like we only have two options now

  1. Ascend to BSD-land
  2. Ironically supporting Windows Unironically

edit: I have decided to replace my debian laptop with BSD

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Gentoo is easy and almost user-friendly.

Specially coming from Arch it should be a breeze.

Less prone to randomly biting your head off anyway.

More tame.

Takes more petting though, to get it to settle.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Really?

    Yes. Gentoo really is like that compared to arch.

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

    Oh.

    Specially coming from Arch it should be a breeze.

    That^ made it seem to me like you had.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Before I tried gentoo (or rather sabayon, for 3 years before gentoo proper), from all the "you have to compile everything", I imagined that as a lot of running "make". I didn't realise it's even easier^1^ than other package managers.

    ^1^ emerge is shorter to type than e.g. apt-get install

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    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.

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