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duane Apprentice
Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Posts: 193 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 1:15 pm Post subject: GenCrack |
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I put arch on most of my machines almost a year ago, and it worked fine. Updating was fast, and if I wanted to try something new, it didn't take long to download. I particularly like the archiso package for making livecds.
Then I made the mistake of installing a gentoo chroot for a project. Now I'm putting gentoo back on everything again. It's obviously an addiction. :p |
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spork_kitty Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 05 Jul 2019 Posts: 124
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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It puts me in the driver's seat. I have a toolchain by default. Patches, ebuilds, it's all text files. The tooling for building a distro is pretty good. Packages tend to be good about providing USE flags.
Most importantly, I can fork at will or maintain an overlay, if Gentoo goes stupid, and I won't be left wondering where to go. I can carry on where Gentoo left off.
Few distros do that as well as Gentoo. |
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mouacyk n00b
Joined: 23 Mar 2009 Posts: 23
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Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 1:38 am Post subject: |
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Considering the many cycles of CPU vulnerabilities, where executing malicious code can compromise data and the system, why don't more people use Gentoo? _________________ OCed24/7: 9900K5.0GHz//16GB4000MHzC16//1080Ti2.10GHz
OCed24/7: 1680v24.5GHz//32GB2333MHzC10//750Ti[GHz |
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cornplayz256 Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 25 Jun 2023 Posts: 107 Location: /dev/mmcblk0
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2023 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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gentoo is very customizable for me and lets me have freedom to do whatever i want with the packages i install. it's also very nice for development and gaming. |
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plp n00b
Joined: 07 Dec 2021 Posts: 15 Location: Little Rock, AR, USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Because coming from NetBSD as my primary OS for 10 years.
I was tired of having to use Linux emulation to run certain applications and I didn’t want to learn how to use systemd. So 4 years ago I gave Slackware a spin stuck with it until recently.
I love the documentation, freedom of compiling locally instead of grabbing binaries, and the level control I have over the system.
I‘ve found the perfect OS for me. |
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g047 n00b
Joined: 22 Aug 2022 Posts: 23
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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IDK, i tried most common distros, but Gentoo is the one I stick with. The easiness by which you can apply patches is super sweet, ebuilds are pretty easy to write too. The killer feature for me is having a stable system that still can use unstable packages without too much of a hassle.
But honestly idk, i just really like it as a system (except when there is a python upgrade lmao) |
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spica Guru
Joined: 04 Jun 2021 Posts: 329
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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afaik if an application (via ebuild installed) asks for root password, and this is unavoidable, then such application is scheduled for eviction from portage. this is good policy I think. |
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NichtDerHans Apprentice
Joined: 27 Jan 2023 Posts: 177
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 7:51 am Post subject: |
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I really appreciate the hassle-free, wonderfully fluffy puffy Python updates.
I installed it because I always thought Gentoo was cool, but never dared to. Then I realised that it works quite well and is stable. I now like Gentoo because of the configuration options, because I can switch things on and off via the USE flags. It is kept very simple.
EDIT: Aaaaaand of course, the community is very friendly. I was with Arch before and hated the forum, the chat and the whole toxic elite atmosphere. |
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Taigo Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 09 Nov 2022 Posts: 105 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:09 am Post subject: |
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NichtDerHans wrote: | I installed it because I always thought Gentoo was cool, but never dared to. Then I realised that it works quite well and is stable. I now like Gentoo because of the configuration options, because I can switch things on and off via the USE flags. It is kept very simple.
EDIT: Aaaaaand of course, the community is very friendly. I was with Arch before and hated the forum, the chat and the whole toxic elite atmosphere. |
I have a wierd relationship with Arch, i love the distro as it's kept simple and the AUR is amazing but the community is definitely worse. Not saying every
arch user is bad i know a lot of nice ones but i rarely meet rude gentoo users.
Also the forums here is the nicest |
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FilthyPitDog Apprentice
Joined: 12 Jan 2021 Posts: 194 Location: South Pacific
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Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 3:15 am Post subject: |
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I use Gentoo for the customizability, USE Flags and package slotting are key for me. Also the community is amazing! _________________ Gentoo is a way of life... |
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rzdndr Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Jul 2024 Posts: 112
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2024 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Hello All,
- Wanted a source based distro.
- Suits my needs. I am developing software.
- Community is very nice
Regards |
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