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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Is gentoo a good choice? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I mean, is it really worth it to compile every single program that I install? Wouldn't that be a waste of time? I am inclined to try it out but on the other hand idk

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to REALLY get comfortable with how linux works under the hood, then Gentoo is an awesome learning tool. The amount of choices and customization options is ridiculous, from choosing which features you want to enable(compile) for an app, to choosing between bootloaders, init systems, and so on.

I haven't used Gentoo in quite a while, but I wouldn't be a professional Sysadmin today if it weren't for Gentoo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I would agree with this. I used Gentoo for a while before moving to Ubuntu.

Gentoo helps you learn and leads (forces) you down the path of getting under the hood to tweak your Linux experience.

I wouldn't recommend it if you need to build systems quickly for production. I'm sure there are hacks to do it more quickly.

I'm really glad I used it before Ubuntu. I feel like a have a much firmer grasp of the concepts of Linux because of my experience with it.