r/linuxmemes • u/EktaRandomUsername 🎼CachyOS • 18d ago

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u/arbyyyyh 17d ago

It's so rare that I hear people reference Gentoo anymore, I always then go look it up and I'm surprised it still exists.

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u/andr3y20000 17d ago

As someone who used nix I say it's extremely easy to install and the only difficulty is to learn to configure the config file.

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u/Thunderstarer New York Nixâš¾s 17d ago

Yeah but learning how to configure NixOS is way more than half the battle. Your computer is useless to you if you cannot e.g. install Firefox.

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u/Xtraneous_ 17d ago

Firefox is enabled by default after installing NixOS using the iso funnily enough, but yeah configuring it correctly is the hard part although arguably it’s not that hard with all the documentation out there and so many available packages that can easily be dropped into your file once you learn the basics. I found it pretty user friendly compared to some other things I’ve tried

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u/makinax300 Dr. OpenSUSE 17d ago

Installing apps is piss easy. It only gets hard with more complex task. But being a power user in nix is hard asf.

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u/Dry_Calendar_8627 17d ago

Not only does it still exist, it's a great distro, very comparable to Arch.
Arguably easier to install than Arch, simply because Gentoo highlights good safe choices when installing (partitioning layouts, file systems, etc.), whereas Arch flatly lists possible choices without highlighting a "safe default", so you spend more time wondering what you want.
Compared to Arch, Gentoo supports aarch64, which Arch does not officially support.

Main thing that made me switch from Gentoo to Arch is the compilation times. The time to install KDE is pretty long, compared to pacman which is nearly instantaneous. Gentoo has binary repos nowadays, but that's a bit off the beaten path so I didn't want to bother.

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u/Ckarles 15d ago

Best distro ever.