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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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I successfully installed Gentoo for the first time today! (lemmy.world)

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

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Screenshot of QEMU VM showing an ASCII Gentoo Logo + system info

I followed Mental Outlaw's 2019 guide and followed the official handbook to get up-to-date instructions and tailored instructions for my system, the process took about 4 hours however I did go out for a nice walk while my kernel was compiling. Overall I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot about the Linux kernel while doing it.

I'm planning on installing it to my hardware soon, this was to get a feel for the process in a non-destructive way.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You get to actually know what code ends up in your binaries

Do you, though? Do you check e-signatures and do you look at the every row of the code?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, you have the opportunity to. The fact that it is compiled on your system already gives you a lot of discretion. You can at least see what code is going into the compiler locally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is true. In theory its the best way, but ita crazy to think compiling Firefox can take like multiple hours of full computing power. And I like to update my software a lot.

Lets do a small comparison:

Linux power efficiency tier list

Desktops / WMs

WMs with Wayland?
WMs with X11?
LXDE, LXQt, Xfce, Cinnamon
KDE, Budgie, Mate
GNOME ?

Packaging

Native
Snap (less runtimes)
Flatpak (shared resources), Containers
Appimage (everything duplicated

Distro type

Traditional binary native packages, ESR
Traditional binary native packages
A/B root (traditional packaging but with one seperate system as backup)
OSTree (diffs downloaded but whole system built locally)
Own repos for everything, small distro
Compiled from source

Behavior

adblock at DNS level
low brightness, light theme on LCD helps
energy saving CPU, disabled cores, throttled
laptop instead of desktop, no huge 4K screens
dont Game lol
dont stream stuff lol
digital minimalism lol

So uhm I guess I should switch to Debian 12, update once a week and go out on a hike or something.