Gentoo Linux

Reader supplied reviews for Gentoo Linux Average rating 9.4 from 78 review(s) Please selecting a rating in the range of 1-10. Please write at least one sentence about the distribution while limiting your review to 2040 characters. What are your thoughts on Gentoo Linux? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- unstablestable20160514201408262012122112.112.011.211.010.12008.02007.02006.12006.02005.12005.02004.32004.22004.12004.01.41.21.1a1.0 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Comments (maximum 2,048 characters): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: stable Rating: 9 Date: 2018-06-16 Votes: 8 Incredible power given to those who want it: extensive support of exotic µarchs (ppc64le is a bit lagging behind right now, though), multiple libcs supported and init system freedom. The fun really starts when you begin using Portage "for real": USE flags, SLOTs and user patches give you the package exactly how you want it. In (most) other distros, you get your steak well done and you'll learn to like it, here, you get your piece of beef, your barbecue and you do it how you like it. Other good points are the ease of setting up a (possibly cross-compiling) binary package host for weaker machines and the ease of writing ebuilds in you local overlay. Pros: - Portage is incredibly powerful - Overwhelming freedom - The main repos are packed and there are countless overlays for the rest (Retroarch or Vapoursynth, for example) - eselect is a pretty nice tool - Made by devs for devs Cons - Portage is slow Pythonware - You'll need countless other tools like eix or gentoolkit to make package management really usable - The whole distro may lack manpower compared to its gigantic scope of "Meta distribution" Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: stable Rating: 10 Date: 2018-05-29 Votes: 0 Gentoo simply just works on my Alienware 15R3 ,I have no troubles at all just no lights on touchpad ,but that is a major problem.It is a long install of gentoo ,but following handbook solves all the problems and it is a leraning process too with a reason. I tried Arch and Kde Neon before Gentoo and they both have problems with random freezes ,Neon freezed on shutdown or restart.I didnt bothered just went gentoo. 10/10 Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: unstable Rating: 10 Date: 2018-05-22 Votes: 0 Apres une installation ardue pour trouver la bonne config du krnel et un temps d adaptation il y a 2 ans env sa roule sans probleme au fil des mise a jours.... Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 78 reader reviews of Gentoo Linux...