Why is Gentoo the best?
Gentoo allows users to configure which software features they wish to install, instead of the “one size fits all” approach of many binary-based distributions. Gentoo can run in a wide range of environments, from embedded systems and virtual containers (LXC, OpenVZ, etc.) through to large cluster machines.
Is Gentoo a gnu?
Gentoo GNU/Linux Gentoo includes installation recipes for a number of nonfree programs in its primary package system.
Who invented Gentoo?
Daniel Robbins
Gentoo Linux was initially created by Daniel Robbins as the Enoch Linux distribution. The goal was to create a distribution without precompiled binaries that was tuned to the hardware and only included required programs. At least one version of Enoch was distributed: version 0.75, in December 1999.
Is Gentoo a beginner?
Gentoo is indeed a good way to learn about Linux but you’ll need to invest some time and patience on it. This is not the easiest distro for a beginner. I strongly recommend learning basic shell / unix commands before (cd, mv, ls, cat , pwd, grep, | , >, >> , vim or nano , cp , )
Is Gentoo better than Arch Linux?
It depends what you want. If you want really fine-grained control, Gentoo is worth it. If you don’t need that level of control and are generally fine with leaving that stuff to your distro developers, then Arch is also fine. I think Arch tries staying close to upstream, simplicity following. IMO which is a good thing.
How long does it take you to upgrade from arch to Gentoo?
Gentoo takes forever on the install phase. After that it’s a lot more “boring” than Arch. There are weeks with no updates whereas in Arch you’ve got the daily batch as a promise ;). My laptop couldn’t dream about 6 days uptime with Arch.
Is it worth it to switch to Gentoo?
It depends what you want. If you want really fine-grained control, Gentoo is worth it. If you don’t need that level of control and are generally fine with leaving that stuff to your distro developers, then Arch is also fine.
Is Gentoo a stable OS?
Okay, it’s not Debian Stable or CentOS. But Gentoo has an extremely rigorous package QA process. I consider all my Gentoo systems to be rock solid and dependable.