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Zucca
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Arch still doesn't have the same flexibility as Gentoo. Also Gentoo even offers sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin for precompiled kernel. Personally I use sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel (which autocompiles and installs) and have custom config snippets at /etc/kernel/config.d/.
I also know few cases of runit+OpenRC.
IIRC one of those support having an external service manager...
There are also few s6 users. I've kepts things quite simple with OpenRC+openrc-init.
While one can break Gentoo, in most cases it is also fixable.
My first Gentoo install took like a week to get X running. It was my first foray into Linux (Ok, I briefly tried mkLinux).
I learnt the hard way, but I learnt. And I'm still on that same path: Gentoo. Why I don't bother switching? Because I can customize Gentoo to whatever I like, so instead of doing distro hop I just reconfigure things.
I created a bash script which creates a custom initramfs for me every time kernel is updated. 😜 I know, I reinvented the wheel... kinda. My script actually only takes a list of files, directories, modules, firmware files and packs them into a cpio archive. The actual init scripts inside initramfs (for example) are not provided, but left for the user to write or copy from somewhere.
It's pretty maintenance free.
The following will make the experience a bit more seamless:
- use stable packages
- use sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel or syskernel/gentoo-kernel-bin
- use sys-boot/grub or better yet sys-boot/refind which auto-recognizes the latest kernel in your boot directory
I don’t mind a complicated install
After you have "installed" Gentoo there will be quite lot of installing of different programs to build your own customized distro. However if you yse systemd you'd get quite a lot in one strike, since systemd contains a whole lot of the central core components, like system logger (journald). The other route is to use OpenRC and with it sysvinit or openrc-init and choose the rest of the components.
Asking your question (the one I'm replying to) at the Gentoo forums may give you better answers and tips how to build maintenance free setup.
Yes it is.
But I've been thinking of stopping taking any supplements. Sometimes I've been without any for few weeks and I see (feel) no difference.
I think I'll test how I manage without any supplements trough the darker season.
Wasn't Manjaro supposed to be the stable version of Arch? That's what I've heard.
The few years I had with Arch was pretty nice, but when something broke, it was pain to get it back working because downgrading wasn't (isn't?) supported. I guess I should have used snapshots of my whole system back then.
indeed. Mint became what Ubuntu used to be, afaik.
I've never really used Ubuntu or Mint. I think I've installed both in VM but that's it.
Why not?
I don't have much experience on those games. I've bought around ten games from gog. And I specifically selected those which provided Linux native binaries. But there are AAA gamers among Gentoo users.