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Is gentoo a good choice? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I mean, is it really worth it to compile every single program that I install? Wouldn't that be a waste of time? I am inclined to try it out but on the other hand idk

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago

I would agree with this. I used Gentoo for a while before moving to Ubuntu.

Gentoo helps you learn and leads (forces) you down the path of getting under the hood to tweak your Linux experience.

I wouldn't recommend it if you need to build systems quickly for production. I'm sure there are hacks to do it more quickly.

I'm really glad I used it before Ubuntu. I feel like a have a much firmer grasp of the concepts of Linux because of my experience with it.

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