Gentoo first impressions - What I liked, but why I won't switch.

I installed Gentoo! This seems like a rite of passage for all Linus users at some point, it us used as a threat or a dare, here are my overall thoughts on installing Gentoo.

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[donaldmickunas]

Ditto here. Both Void Linux and FreeBSD are very stable and are working well. I have no reason to use Gentoo. Nice video, Jake. Get well soon. God bless you and your family.

[jamesmassa]

Gentoo Linux looks professional and decent. I think the organization working with Gentoo Linux is great and I wish them well.

[zoinkshaggy]

One of the things I found interesting about Gentoo is the ability to mix stable versions and more up to date pkgs on the system. I don't know of any other distro that can do that as easily as with Gentoo.

[AnalyticMinded]

One time (in what seems like a very long time ago) I installed FreeBSD in order to get a feel for it, and I learned the hard way all about compiling from source. I really didn't know what I was doing, just blindly following instructions. So when I tried to install Firefox, I thought "this shouldn't take long". Two and a half hours later, it was still going... so I had to kill the process. That's when I understood the difference between installing with a binary vs compiling. XD

[andbenn]

It is always good to have a next distro candidate in case one's current distro were to self-destruct. Gentoo would be mine, and has a lot going for it especially with the community which has super high signal. I'd love to have the time to install it on my desktop and use it for 90 days - one of these days.

[rahilarious]

You'll see the worth of daily-driving Gentoo when u'll deep dive into Portage (specially USE flags). There no other distro that provides it

[hansdampf]

There is no such thing as “installing the gentoo way”.

You do your own thing and decide yourself. Want useflags tuned to the limit? Go ahead. Want a kernel configure in some obscure way? Do it. Just want to have a system up and running fast? Set a profile, install binaries of big packages and be done with it. The good thing is, no decision is permanent. You can switch Use flags later on, you can use a different configured kernel. You can even switch init systems (although that can become quite complicated) or profiles.

[finoderi]

I've been using Gentoo for two years now. It's very stable, way more stable than Arch for sure, and imho Gentoo hardly takes any effort to maintain. It's basically 'set and forget'. Or maybe I just resolve small issues without even noticing. Anyway it feels like a long and happy vacation compared to running Arch )

[rafaburdzy]

I never install Gentoo, but I read some of the documention how to install it and I like the layout of the hand book, it has nice page by page layout. In arch installation there are links that to be honest can make new person to distro bit confused. It better to make it page by page with details even if the details maybe obviously.

[Korodarn]

I used Gentoo for a few years, around 2005-2008 or so, when I wasn't in a tech job, and then once I was I didn't have patience for it because that was my job.

The thing I did like a lot about Gentoo was being able to make stage4 builds for multiple computers in my house and then deploy to all. Of course all of that is possible to do with other distros. I think I'm going to stay with Arch-based distros from now on. I like Endeavour most among the ones I've tried as it gives the quickest install of a reasonable system while remaining mostly true to Arch way of doing things. I would like one that starts out running hyprland but it's kind of nice to have plasma or xfce on the system as well.

[cloakofshadow]

The problem I had besides the install process, is that you don't really GET anything special for all that effort. As a learning experience I'm sure it teaches you a lot and it's useful in that respect for sure, but for the time it takes to learn the kernel options, portage, useflags, not to mention how to live in the system, the outcome is still kind of just Linux. You might get a second off your boot time or you might have a machine whose hardware isn't going to change so it's useful to just build it around that, but other than the learning aspect I just don't see the appeal. If I knew I would be getting something special for all that effort, it would be worth it, but after demystifying it for myself it just seems like reading a book you've already read, but upside down.

[danwilhelm]

Wow Jake! My condolences on waiting for firefox to build in a VM! 😪🙃

[rand_kk]

Spent my weekend on setting up gentoo. Everything was easier than I thought, taking into account the wiki. However, it wasn't a pleasant experience at all. Had more hassle than should have, as the had to rebuild the kernel multiple times to get wifi working, to later on understand that the module used for mt7921 is not working as expected (couldn't connect to any wifi, even tho the scans went through). Spent even more time on that, to later on understand that it is simply not worth it.

To compile my stuff is cool and that, but after all I can do the same on any other distro.

[hopelessdecoy]

I have no real interest in Gentoo or Arch but I respect the things they make and do. I think I'd rather run a no DE Debian install over taking the time to do them. However I opted for Mint so I can use the same OS I recommend to most people.

[momomaniac]

i've installed Funtoo 2years ago it took 7 hours to be installed
i've chosed gnome but installed Firefox not with portage but using a tar file of Firefox

[joshua_lee]

The idea that there is a "Gentoo Way" is a lie. Gentoo is about giving the user as much choice as possible.

But this is not a Fedora video.

[MeraMadness]

I feel the same when I switch from Xubuntu to Arch on my main PC, I didn't like the overall thoughts of Arch, so I switch again to Fedora and for now is my home for the past 5 years, until I will change it to Void

[nenoroalzafen]

Gentoo user for 6 years before i was an arch user for 5 years but i regret to switch to gentoo for many reasons
- devs stop maintaining packages by giving lazy excuses (mirage, libressl, opentmpfiles...)
- openRC is now OpenD or SystemD 2.0 because it uses systemD-utils
- maintaining the system for short term is okayish, for long term is tiring
- you end up being unhealthy and being crazy

[wyfyj]

Looks like my comment got deleted... Dang

[princemj]

Awesome video, Besides that I wanna share the word of God to Christians or anyone that follows Jesus Christ that we are not supposed to have tattoos. I am not condemning but sharing what is in the Bible, I hope y'all have an awesome day/night!

Leviticus 19:28
King James Version
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:17-19
King James Version
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.