if you are a complete masochist, try gentoo.
if you want to get really good at linux but are not a complete masochist, try arch linux - grab an old machine and install arch from scratch, get a desktop environment working, video drivers, and get to where you can play a youtube video in 4k. then format it, and do it again 5 times until you know the process super well. then try and maintain it. learn to run a full system backup with rsync. test restoring that backup onto a test machine or a VM.
if you are lazy as fuck and want the village idiot experience, try ubuntu. if you hate their lame ass desktop environment check out kubuntu.
if you want bleeding edge but you are not gangster enough for arch linux, check out fedora 33.
if you are autistic as fuck, try freebsd, which is actually unix.
Thank you, great suggestions.
Spot on.
I just use kubuntu, wipe all the call home shit off, and clean and free.
Wait when did FreeBSD become the autist OS? I used to love that thing, the demon was so cute
FreeBSD got taken over by SJWs.
hey, just like linux!
fucking seriously? What are the SJW gonna do to BSD? Call the /mnt folder /hop to stop rape culture or some shit?
oh i'm just a hater. unix is cool i guess. i used to use pfsense. it was quite alright.
if you are a complete masochist, try gentoo.
Can confirm, I run gentoo on three machines and use as my only distro.
Who doesn't want to spend 5.5 hours compiling chromium?
No really:
qlop -t chromuim
2021-01-18T10:50:08 >>> www-client/chromium: 5:35:27
(ps that's with distcc and two helper boxes)
Gentoo a great way to learn but don't go there first.
Consider Linux Mint or just regular old Debian.
Is the difference in performance with compiling everything marked? Is it really worth the pain?
Individual app performance is negligible and probably not noticeable.
However things like boot time and memory usage are definitely better. The kernel is tiny to and weighs in at only 2.1M.
e.g. My server boots with only 90.4 M of ram and very few modules loading
top
%Cpu(s): 0.1 us, 0.0 sy, 0.0 ni, 99.9 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.0 si, 0.0 st
MiB Mem : 20065.3 total, 19904.1 free, 90.4 used, 70.8 buff/cache
MiB Swap: 4096.0 total, 4096.0 free, 0.0 used. 19800.6 avail Mem
and
lsmod
Module Size Used by
tun 53248 4
nf_log_ipv4 16384 1
nf_log_common 16384 1 nf_log_ipv4
xt_comment 16384 9
xt_state 16384 0
xt_LOG 16384 1
xt_limit 16384 1
xt_multiport 16384 17
hwmon_vid 20480 0
r8169 86016 0
radeon 1560576 0
realtek 20480 1
k10temp 16384 0
fam15h_power 20480 0
ttm 94208 1 radeon
backlight 16384 1 radeon
My primary incentive was the ability to customize my system and get exactly what I wanted. (No systemd and no pulseaudio)
'Worth it' is subjective and will vary for everyone. Personally I think it is for the learning. Also my systems have been running for years and I'm pretty used to it by now. I just kick off updates at night and they are basically done by morning.
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