Hi, i am thinking of switching to gentoo, and wanted to ask if its a good idea. Anything i should look out for?

Btw im coming Form arch

Thx :3

  • rozodru@pie.andmc.ca
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    12 hours ago

    if you have the time for it, then go for it.

    Keep in mind and i’m sure you already know this but you have to compile everything yourself so it WILL take time. I have it on a sort of hobby machine and I remember just getting Firefox to compile/install took awhile. The benefit of this is you get an extremely custom tailored system for yourself. But like I said it’s going to take you awhile to get to that point. If you want something immediate to daily drive and want more of a custom system as opposed to Arch then maybe give NixOS a shot. I switched from Arch to NixOS on my main machine and I love it, won’t use anything else. But if you’re patient and have the time to dedicate to Gentoo then go for it, it’s fun to play around with on a Saturday afternoon.

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      11 hours ago

      If you want something immediate to daily drive and want more of a custom system as opposed to Arch then maybe give NixOS a shot

      IMO the main customization part of Gentoo is that you can compile the world without the libs you don’t want to have. With NixOS (AFAIK) being also package-based, how can it offer more custom system than Arch?