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    An unbiased comparison of linux distributions' setup (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    My first real experience with installing/running Linux on my own machine back in the day was with Gentoo. My experience was basically the same as Arch guy there, except with the added step of compiling every single component from source. On a Celeron equipped laptop. Nobody warned me about that part.

    It took fucking ages. I was stuck in textmode land with Matrix code flying up the screen for like three fucking days, before I even got to a shell prompt.

    I gave up. I just run Debian now.

    [–] mayoi 1 points 1 year ago

    I'm using Gentoo right now on my Celeron, takes 0 time because I'm not stuck staring at my emerge log while it's compiling.

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