• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Why the removed would you try Gentoo as a Linux noob? I am guessing no one told you it was for advanced Linux users only. Fedora and OpenSUSE are nowhere near as difficult to install as Gentoo, as they are made for normal users.

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      Gentoo was my second linux Distro ever some time in 2003 or 2004.

      Installed it by printing out the full install doc, which was like 30 or 40 pages, and starting up a stage one install. I got through the entire install by following the instructions because the documentation was that good.

      I remember having a problem and hopping on an irc chat to ask for help and people there being baffled about the basic level questions I was asking while having a working Gentoo install.

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        Yeah, even the “difficult” distributions tend to just be a matter of following instructions to get a working installation. Gentoo was a massive PITA to maintain though. Chances are I was missing some knowledge that would’ve simplified things, but I spent way too much time on maintenance for the system to actually be useful. Arch has been much kinder.

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        5 months ago

        and starting up a stage one install.

        Dear Faust.

        Difficulty:

        • Easy
        • Medium
        • Hard
        • Nightmare
        • > Novichok

        I thought you went with minimalcd, opened handbook in links(browser) and installed stage3.

        I remember having a problem and hopping on an irc chat to ask for help and people there being baffled about the basic level questions I was asking while having a working Gentoo install.

        Self-perpetuating circle of “Gentoo is not for noobs” stereotype.