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Does anyone actually use Gentoo? Why? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ayyo@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Just wanna preface, I'm not trying to like attack Gentoo or anyone that uses it, I just wanna understand lol

I'm like an intermediate Linux user I'm definitely not an expert, and Gentoo is something I'm still quite confused about. To me it just seems unnecessary, like the real version of people making Arch just seem incredibly complicated. Does anyone actually use it as a daily driver? Why? Is it just for the love of the game? Is there some specific use case I've not heard or thought of?

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[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Full time user of Gentoo since 20+ years here. Oll servers, workstations, laptops and even on an android tablet once.

It's not complicated at all, mostly just different from anything else. And truly configurable to the last bit.

Edit: it seems there aren't may gentooers here, AMA :)

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's not complicated at all

Hallmark of a true gentoo user.

[–] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 13 points 3 weeks ago

Really, it's mostly understand what your are doing and editing text files. Much easier and better documentation than most other distro.

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