Gentoo VS Porteus

Gentoo Reviews

1. paul

   over 1 year ago
   have you seen the glibc ebuild? it's 1500 lines. lfs does it in less than 50

   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.

   🏁 Competitors: Funtoo Linux

Porteus Reviews

Gentoo mentions (27)

• Gentoo bans AI-created contributions

  > 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 / 28 days ago

• Linux saved my life

  And just wait till you discover Arch Linux, Gentoo, Guix, or NixOS. Source: 10 months ago

• I'd like to interview redditors here about their favorite distro release.

  I'm daily driving Gentoo GNU/Linux (https://gentoo.org). I prefer it over other GNU/Linux distributions because it allows me to customize the operating system down to a lower level. I'm also planning on installing Linux From Scratch (https://linuxfromscratch.org) for educational purposes. However, I might end up daily driving it. I do extremely difficult and tedious activities on my computer just for fun and I... Source: about 1 year ago

• Is the Gentoo Wiki down?

  I can't access any of the gentoo.org services at this time (forums, bugs, etc.) They all report server errors. Source: over 1 year ago

• Did it tell me the truth? LOL

  Surely this info is on the official site, gentoo.org, so you don't have to worry about asking? Source: over 1 year ago

Porteus mentions (5)

• I want to have a USB specifically for linux andI dontknow what size

  There are lighter options, Porteus can is ~300MB for a desktop system. Source: over 1 year ago

• I’m bored of windows. And I know almost nothing about coding or the command line. I want to run a distro off a USB, what should I choose?

  Porteus is also designed for this purpose. Loads into RAM and is very fast. Source: almost 2 years ago

• I just bought an old USB key and found two partitions one is empty and the other contains a picture of a couple does anyone recognizes the couple or have any info that can help me find its owner.

  Or use a disposable os in a usb key like this one http://porteus.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A distro to run out of an USB stick

  Porteus is what I've been playing with, as it is impressively tiny, but there are many options. Source: over 2 years ago

• Old 32-bit machines - How can we best keep them relevant?

  Porteus seems to be still supporting 32 bits. Source: almost 3 years ago