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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).

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Gentoo experience? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Twakyr@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi, i am thinking of switching to gentoo, and wanted to ask if its a good idea. Anything i should look out for?

Btw im coming Form arch

Thx :3

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[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bluetooth is a fucking security risk, wifi too.

Sure pal, big security risks. You should learn about cyber security before regurgitating information. Having the chip is not a security risk, having the open source driver isn't either, the security risk is 99% between the screen and the chair.

I dont care how bloated your os is. Also BLAOT IS WHY IM SWITCHING

My point is that Arch is not inherently unbloated, any distro can be bloated, any distro can be unbloated, you decide what's bloat and what's not.

Do you know about limited disk space? Cuz that doesnt seem to be a problem for you, maybe it is for tho? Who knows?

We're talking less than 100MB here, if your disk space is that limited you should really consider upgrading. Especially if you're going to try Gentoo, because not only it requires more disk space but if you can't afford a cheap 1TB drive chances are your CPU will take a week to install Gentoo since you need to compile everything.

[–] Twakyr@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What is cheap about spending $100 on a 1TB SSD?

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Any CPU under 100 will take forever to install Gentoo, plus if 100MB is an issue Gentoo will not work for you either. Also you don't need 1TB, and 1TB HDDs are way cheaper if you're that tight for space. I have systems with less than 100GB dedicated to the OS and they run great, so you can get a $30 SSD and not worry about disk space for your system ever again.