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I've been trying out Gentoo, but imma hop to another distro (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Everything just feels way more complicated than it needs to be.

I tried installing Openshot (a video editor) but I couldn't figure out how to fix the error it spits out when I try to emerge it.

I will now try out Arch and hope I don't need a master's degree to install packages.

Edit: Gentoo isn't the first distro I've tried, I've been daily driving Debian for more than a year and just wanted to try it out since I heard good things about it. And also I didn't really need to use Openshot, I just wanted some video editor and arbitrarily chose to install that one.

Also I guess I will just stick with Debian since apparently Arch is also complicated.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Arch isn't any easier than Gentoo. If you're newer to Linux and looking for something that 'just works' I'd stick with something Debian based like Ubuntu, Elementary, Mint, or PopOS

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

akhtchually arch is a little easier than gentoo. gentoo is fully source-based, while arch is binary first. gentoo has use flags, while arch comes preoccupied with flags.

albeit both distros cater to a little more experienced users, there's that. i also think a more user-friendly distro would be a better start. at least the ones where you can get a working environment by just using a live installer. mint IS a good alternative.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No way! 😱

I'll take a look at these distros, though I'm not really too much of a beginner anymore.

I actually come from Debian, but I hopped distros in hopes of finding an even better distro.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotcha! Enjoy your hopping then - just didn't want someone to try out Linux for the first time on hard mode and give up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeap, all new comers to linux should first try Gentoo, if it fails, then try LFS. After that, KISS linux should be a breeze

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean... It doesn't have to be a competition, does it?

Some people just want a stable system to work on. I kind of want to leave Ubuntu, I like mint and popos, but. They don't always work out of the box like Ubuntu does for me. So I just change the dm to emulate other distros and it feels good enough.

Am I doing it wrong?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

openshot on debian must be about 3 years behind arch