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    Where to go now since Linux is mainstream (lemmy.today)
    submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by evol@lemmy.today to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    I can't even feel superior to everyone when theirs so many arch installers!! I use real arch btw. I thought "I guess I should go to Gentoo" but then wait, CHROMEOS IS A GENTOO INSTALLER!

    I feel like we only have two options now

    1. Ascend to BSD-land
    2. Ironically supporting Windows Unironically

    edit: I have decided to replace my debian laptop with BSD

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    [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I started using Gentoo many years ago, and took a break from it for a few years. It has some overhead to maintain. Two years or so ago I went back to it and, no joke, it is so much simpler now. Dist-kernel, dracut, refind just sorted everything. I felt like I was cheating. I don't have to write my own custom initramfs for my custom needs? Stuff just solves it? And compilation errors and conflicts even when running a bunch of keyworded packages: gone! What is going on?

    [–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    When Python 3.something hit they did a massive overhaul on emerge's resolution algorythm so it helped a lot when resolving stuff - and now you almost never need to use revdep.rebuild or things like that, I frankly forgot when it was the last time I used it, probably it has been years. Plus now things like binaries for heavy packages, portage hooks and stuff like that makes things a lot easier for people coming in. I'm really not sure why people still bitch on it or why some people seem to need every package they install available right away... but at least for me it's been great all this years.

    [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

    Yeah! I forgot about revdep-rebuild! Now that you remind me I do remember being worried about having to rebuild modules, forgetting about it, having to boot frlm live and chroot, and what not going back to Gentoo. I had almsot completely forgotten about it because it is so smooth sailing now.

    [–] evol@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

    see Linux went mainstream, are you even using the OS if aren't writing your own initramfs??????

    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

    Psst, @evol@lemmy.today, over here... shsh... I'm hiding this suggestion buried down here in the comments...

    ::: spoiler ... You didn't hear this from me. Alright? Linux's best kept secret [since 2012]. Shshsh. ;D

    bedrock

    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 3 days ago

    If you want something more challenging, with less cheating, than Gentoo, you could try Exherbo.