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Trying Gentoo for the first time in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

You can install gentoo from practically any ISO. I used Linux Mint lol. That way I could doomscroll reddit and watch YouTube while GCC worked tirelessly in the background.

Reddit kills awards and coins in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Reddit is an American website... IDK why this would surprise anyone.

What was your first experience using Linux? How old were you? Stick around or did you go back to windows before eventually circling back to Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I use Debian exclusively for my servers. Rock solid experience for me. On my desktops I like having up to date stuff and even though Debian Sid exists it's not the same as Arch or Gentoo testing.

Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gentoo is pretty rad but be prepared for the compile times and to fail a few times (it's a learning experience!). You could even speed things up by setting up Distcc on a beefy rig to build stuff for your optiplexes.

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[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol this is strange but I actually built a windows 98 era gaming pc out of new old stock parts and found a CRT just to rewatch lain. Now that was an absolute mood.

What was your first experience using Linux? How old were you? Stick around or did you go back to windows before eventually circling back to Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was around 16 or 17 when my Windows Vista laptop took a dump. Managed to install Ubuntu via WUBI, not because I was interested in Linux, I just really wanted to watch Gundam on Youtube and I didn't have the money to take my laptop to a repair shop. When I got a new laptop I planned on staying with Windows 7 but 3 days later I nuked and paved Linux Mint over it because I got used to how Linux worked lol. 13 years later I'm running Gentoo on my main desktop, Arch on my laptop, and debian everywhere else.

Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also one of the use cases for flatpaks I forgot to mention was for proprietary software like Steam, Spotify, and Discord. It makes installing those a breeze.

Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The point of Gentoo is it's configurability. Gentoo has binary packages in it's main repo's and even an experimental binhost for precompiled packages. Forcing one to use any one thing is against the Gentoo philosophy.

Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Sailor_jets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I use Gentoo so when I want to try a package that has a butt ton of dependencies or other fun things I give it a whirl via flatpak if available. It's super nice, not gonna lie, and I see the use case of immutable distros. I think they are neat.