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The Gentoo to Arch pipeline is pretty real. I did Stage 1's as well around the same time but eventually got tired of doing that every so often or fighting Port

The Gentoo to Arch pipeline is pretty real. I did Stage 1's as well around the same time but eventually got tired of doing that every so often or fighting Portage and switched to Arch. Then I got tired of dealing with Arch... and ended up on Fedora. I always liked Gentoo and Arch, but I don't have the energy to put up maintaining them anymore.

oniony 3y ago
Arch is literally the easiest thing to maintain. I've been running it for over fifteen years, update maybe once a year at most and 99% of the time it's a case of running pacdiff and updating a handful of config files.
- nixgeek 3y ago
  In 1998, Debian was a great option for SPARC and Alpha, and that’s really where I cut my teeth with Linux. Around 2004, I was building Gentoo up from stage1 just like many other commenters. For 2024 and personal stuff I’m back on Debian and it’s safe enough I pull security updates daily - entirely automated and no review on my part. It essentially never causes a problem. Updating once a year sounds terrifying to me given the rate of vulnerability discoveries of late. As ever your mileage may vary and your systems aren’t my systems, but Debian truly is a wonderful OSS project and as of August 2023 it celebrated its 30th anniversary! Gentoo going binary feels weird :) I’ve still got a soft spot for Gentoo and what it enabled me to do 15 years ago when I had more time for personal hacks.
  - fidelramos 3y ago
    I also got in GNU/Linux in 1998. Dipped my toes with Mandrake, then Debian, and around 2012 switched to Kubuntu. Now I'm in the process of moving my desktop computers to Archlinux, to enjoy better control and up-to-date software. Servers I keep in Debian for the same reasons you mention: stability and safe automated updates.
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The Gentoo to Arch pipeline is pretty real. I did Stage 1's as well around the same time but eventually got tired of doing that every so often or fighting Port

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oniony 3y ago
Arch is literally the easiest thing to maintain. I've been running it for over fifteen years, update maybe once a year at most and 99% of the time it's a case of running pacdiff and updating a handful of config files.
- nixgeek 3y ago
  In 1998, Debian was a great option for SPARC and Alpha, and that’s really where I cut my teeth with Linux. Around 2004, I was building Gentoo up from stage1 just like many other commenters. For 2024 and personal stuff I’m back on Debian and it’s safe enough I pull security updates daily - entirely automated and no review on my part. It essentially never causes a problem. Updating once a year sounds terrifying to me given the rate of vulnerability discoveries of late. As ever your mileage may vary and your systems aren’t my systems, but Debian truly is a wonderful OSS project and as of August 2023 it celebrated its 30th anniversary! Gentoo going binary feels weird :) I’ve still got a soft spot for Gentoo and what it enabled me to do 15 years ago when I had more time for personal hacks.
  - fidelramos 3y ago
    I also got in GNU/Linux in 1998. Dipped my toes with Mandrake, then Debian, and around 2012 switched to Kubuntu. Now I'm in the process of moving my desktop computers to Archlinux, to enjoy better control and up-to-date software. Servers I keep in Debian for the same reasons you mention: stability and safe automated updates.
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