I successfully installed Gentoo for the first time today!

Linux@lemmy.ml – 471 points – 11 months ago

Screenshot of QEMU VM showing an ASCII Gentoo Logo + system info

I followed Mental Outlaw's 2019 guide and followed the official handbook to get up-to-date instructions and tailored instructions for my system, the process took about 4 hours however I did go out for a nice walk while my kernel was compiling. Overall I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot about the Linux kernel while doing it.

I'm planning on installing it to my hardware soon, this was to get a feel for the process in a non-destructive way.

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I had considered trying it at one point. Unfortunately one specific user on discord kept telling me to install it to the point of dming me "gentoo" almost every day, at which point I blocked them and vowed never to install gentoo

Fuck that guy. Don't let him influence you. Install gentoo or don't, for your own reasons.

It is good fun if you're really into Linux, I practically jumped out my seat when I crossed my fingers, rebooted and GRUB came up with Gentoo listed.