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It's always been my goto if I want absolute maximum rice or feeling of control.
The Gentoo handbook is also amazing, especially the pages going over the nitty gritty details.
Personally though I'm more interested in nixos (if I want to roll my own) these days for it's immutable features.
Gentoo is great if you value your time at $0.
Gentoo is great if you value your time at $0.
Gentoo Linux became a lot easier with binary packages and binary linux kernel. You don't need to customize it, but you can still get packages from third party overlays. The customizability is available when you need it or want it. Learning to use gentoo's basic functionality doesn't cost a lot of time, and I recommend utilizing only the basic functionality in most cases. Just stick to the basics, and you will be fine…
Luckily Arch/CachyOS users don't have to worry about this as CachyOS offers optimised packages for modern CPUs. Until Gentoo offers an equivalent - without manual compiling needed - I won't consider it.
I'm thinking of finally upgrading my components as Sandy Bridge is not cutting it in all tasks any more. Told my Gentoo-loving friend that I wouldn't be installing Gentoo again. That's only because I'm planning on just using this current installation with fresh recompilations!
With malware reportedly uploaded by random people to AUR, I will stick to Debian. A good thing about proprietary OS is that, they are responsible if their repos are infected. Are packages carefully reviewed by gentoo?
> Gentoo overlays are better designed than debian/ubuntu PPA(personal package archive)s and AUR(arch user repository).
...because from what the Gentoo wiki states, an overlay is a repository of packages from which Portage will automatically install packages. That is a clear contrast to the AUR from which you manually get a package so you have the chance to inspect it without Pacman automatically going and installing it. For Arch a closer equivalent would be unofficial user repositories.
Wait you don't need to compile open office for 15 hours anymore??
Earlier quoted context omitted.
PPAs are your AUR
Are you confusing Debian and Ubuntu?
No, you're confusing exclusivity. https://launchpad.net/debian/+ppas