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I used to use Gentoo back in ~2004-2009 (College years) then switched to Ubuntu when I started working and didn't have time to deal with it anymore. I recently

I used to use Gentoo back in ~2004-2009 (College years) then switched to Ubuntu when I started working and didn't have time to deal with it anymore. I recently built a ryzen 7950x & 7900 xt system however and found ubuntu didn't yet have the necessary drivers and also was thinking how to put my new system through its paces.. So I switched to gentoo and actually its pretty great. Things compile substantially faster on my 16 core 7950x than they did on my 2004 P4 system :) so its actually pretty usable. However my only gripe is when I suddenly realize I need to install something and don't want to wait around for it to compile, it can be a pain. Luckily there are often binary packages or even docker where I can jump into a debian container and do what I need. All in all its pretty good, but at some point I might switch to arch or even back to ubuntu if the next release supports my system better.

HybridCurve 4y ago
>However my only gripe is when I suddenly realize I need to install something and don't want to wait around for it to compile, it can be a pain. Yea, it's miserable to wait on building QT, or Boost to name a few. And, a while back I think emerged something that required Rust, so it wanted to build the version of llvm used to build rust, and then build rust. No thanks, rust-bin will do just fine for me.
- seiferteric 4y ago
  Ya, those would be the ones you set loose before you go to bed and _hopefully_ will be done by the morning :) That being said, another thing I like about gentoo is how easy it is to be on the bleeding edge of certain packages, I run the latest -rc kernel (released each sunday usually) and mesa drivers. However I have to admit, even though gaming on linux is as good as it has ever been, I do the vast majority of gaming in windows still because I just don't want to deal with weird issues in my limited gaming time.

HybridCurve 4y ago

>However my only gripe is when I suddenly realize I need to install something and don't want to wait around for it to compile, it can be a pain. Yea, it's miserable to wait on building QT, or Boost to name a few. And, a while back I think emerged something that required Rust, so it wanted to build the version of llvm used to build rust, and then build rust. No thanks, rust-bin will do just fine for me.

seiferteric 4y ago
Ya, those would be the ones you set loose before you go to bed and _hopefully_ will be done by the morning :) That being said, another thing I like about gentoo is how easy it is to be on the bleeding edge of certain packages, I run the latest -rc kernel (released each sunday usually) and mesa drivers. However I have to admit, even though gaming on linux is as good as it has ever been, I do the vast majority of gaming in windows still because I just don't want to deal with weird issues in my limited gaming time.