gentoo has a feature creep and bitrot problem that has been going on for no less than 15 years. glibc is a package that should be closely guarded as it is at the CORE of your system.
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I'm a new user with first install. Are there any user guides / admin guides available? I'm not seeing much documentation available at devuan.org -- maybe my eyes glaze over(?). Source: over 2 years ago
If Canonical spin a variant without systemd, possibly choosing Devuan as the base, it'll be great. Possibly, less resource hungry. Source: over 3 years ago
Trisquel's FAQ says: > Why should I use Trisquel instead of one of the better-known distributions? > There are literally hundreds of GNU/Linux distributions designed to fill every conceivable niche. Only a handful of them are entirely free software; Trisquel is one such distribution. ... But I disagree. Trisquel is based on ubuntu, and uses systemd. Not just as some optional init system you can remove -... - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago
If you're experienced, look at Devuan Chimaera. BTW, I always felt Gnome is the most productive work environment with that UI. I think Cinnamon may come close. Source: over 3 years ago
A Devuan basic installation with a lightweight desktop will work. Source: over 3 years ago
When I notice some rust software sporting a C-API that I'd consider packaging in Gentoo I tend to provide a patch to add the few metadata entries needed to have cargo-c do all the work, some other people politely ask if cargo-c is supported and sometimes it is an uphill battle usually because the project maintainer doesn't know the required effort is minimum or is not aware setting crate-type=cdylib is not enough. - Source: dev.to / 8 months ago
What thinly separates distros (apart from the GUI) is the package manager (PM). There are two main distinctions: source and binary based. Source-based distros are managers that download the source files, and then build them while following their recipes. We must build everything ourselves, including the core system components. The most notable examples come from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) family and... - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago
Their images are Debian derivatives, I prefer Gentoo and since we have stage3 for rv64_lp64d-openrc, I guess I can give it a try. - Source: dev.to / 12 months ago
> Gentoo does not accept art contributions of any kind (human/ai), there is just no place for this. Okay, let's do a short fact check on that: 1. Visit https://gentoo.org, notice logo in top left: a first sign of contributed art. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
And just wait till you discover Arch Linux, Gentoo, Guix, or NixOS. Source: almost 2 years ago
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