• geoff@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    I did Gentoo in my 20s when all I could afford was garbage computers. I enjoyed the experience — whether it did or not, it made me feel like I was getting the most out of whatever I had, and I learned SO much about Linux.

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      3 months ago

      I wanted to try Gentoo to learn more about Linux and compiling.

      But that fucking distro just works, and compiling is so automatic I’m done in one command!

      I feel betrayed, but also very satisfied by the distro.

      Fuck binary blobs.

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      3 months ago

      Sadly, it’s Systemd or Openrc only.

      Edit: though there was a s6 custom repo i think, last i looked?

      • Digit@lemmy.wtf
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        8 days ago

        Sadly, it’s Systemd or Openrc only.

        You got me quickly checking on that… e.g.:

        % eix -c runit
        [N] sys-process/runit (2.2.0-r2): A UNIX init scheme with service supervision
        

        … You sure?

        Gentoo’s all about choice.