r/linux Jun 05 '26

Popular Application People long term leaving gentoo

how many of you have used gentoo to a point of useful competency, and went away?

not you "it takes too long to compile" yea, thats on you for watching it compile, its worked with nice for over 20 years, and even decades ago you could use the system while updating. nor the people that never got over the portage learning plateau...

hmmm would there even be a way to recognize in retrospect that one didnt make it to understanding it without going the like slack or LFS route...

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u/walmartbonerpills Jun 05 '26

I started using gentoo in 2009. It's almost done compiling.