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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] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've found Gentoo kinda frustrating too, having installed it on my laptop just to try it out as a habitual Arch user. Source packages mean updates take a lot longer and will also destroy my battery if I'm not plugged in, there seem to be fewer packages than on Arch, the installation wasn't exactly 100% smooth, etc. I can definitely appreciate Gentoo, but it really seems like it's just not for me. My guess will be that you'll find Arch a bit easier to work with.