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Different disks if you must at all.

Politics because “no man is an island” will not elaborate.

Long time nvidia on linux user. Use AMD.

No not really. Just people.

I would like to know too. But I guess it really depends on a per app level b/c of libraries, frameworks, and languages/runtimes.

You can (and generally do) install gentoo in a Chroot, I recommend using btrfs with subvolumes on your current install, then switching when everything works, that way you can roll back.

But since you’re on arch you probably already know a fair chunk of what is necessary.

1. Use flags are more about features, there are other flags like cpu architecture. I don’t recommend you do too much on your first build, except for having some sweeping ones like X and/or Wayland. Then once you have it running you can do a rebuild. I also recommend taking subvolume snapshots before doing major changes.
2. Yes. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC#Runlevels

This sounds like a review / gating problem. Getting people to self filter / self gate is never going to work, and if it does it will work probably on the wrong people.

Actually might be easier to do [AIless]

If you don’t delineate, it will simply be easier to tag everything ai as there was ai involved somewhere and you’re less likely to need to defend yourself.

Maybe. My phone is not a gaming device for me. But I would choose based on how well it works for other purposes.

All good. Do you have a dotfiles repo somewhere?

Sorry. I didn’t mean to offend and it’s not an attack at the project in anyway - sorry if it came across that way. I think tools to help you manage RC files are great. I just dislike tools that automatically inject themselves automatically (like rvm), my statement was in no regards about the tool you wrote.

When I’m contracting at a client sometimes they have boot strap scripts which push configuration out to your rc files that I want to gate. (Usually b/c I am using my own equipment or doing something a little strange.)

And then you can immediately solve the issue with programs arbitrarily adding things to your rc file by running:

add exit

More wishful thinking of this person than fact. The more to SPA and all the focus on javascript frameworks is more likely to be related to this shift than linux. But I get it, the writer knows that the ground is shifting and is trying to connect things that they and other people dislike into one big bad.

Happy with gentoo moved back after 14 years away, (ran 2003->2009, 2023->now) I like it because I can easily and sustainably make anything a package and build it as minimal as I like, along with easily modify packages (ebuilds) and flags as needed.

Anyone know the technicals behind this?

I ran Gentoo Linux 2003 to about 2008. I initially picked it up because of a hype. However, I loved the degree of customisation over the system that I got at the time. The install process teaches you of alternatives to things that distributions would include. It gave me a lot more choice as to what I used with my system and the process of installing. It definitely made me understand how the system worked a lot more.

I reinstalled it 2023 and I’m still using it too today. My reasons are different now. One is a hint of nostalgia. However, another is the package manager. Since the package manager is only text files, it is very easy to extend and change with your own packages. Releasing packages on other systems is much more involved process.

Another reason is when you compile the code yourself you can choose the options to some it degree with use flags. I still build my own kernel as I can choose what to include and I think I will be moving to a unified Kernel in efi soon and do away with grub.

Using Gentoo compared to most other distributions the system feels more open and more malleable.

While I do consider arch rather similar and I did use it for a couple years. The AUR scared me a bit.

I’m looking for something similar. I did start a project for something more general but, incomplete project pile.

The article makes it sound like it’s marketing, I’m going to guess it’s because internet advertising doesn’t work with the audience they want or they got some diminishing returns. Sounds expensive though.