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I get it, the learning curve is harsh but by the time you get through the install you will have learned a ton. The amount of time and energy most people spend in a given year fighting with MS bullshit is enough to overcome even the Gentoo learning curve.

No systemd, 100% customizable, an absolute nightmare to write malware for, runs forever on ancient hardware, stable as hell.... e.g. * Linux XXX-003 5.15.52-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Jul 16 10:40:39 EDT 2022 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux * Linux XXX-001 5.15.52-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Jul 16 15:31:09 EDT 2022 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

What am I missing?

I get it, the learning curve is harsh but by the time you get through the install you will have learned a ton. The amount of time and energy most people spend in a given year fighting with MS bullshit is enough to overcome even the Gentoo learning curve. No systemd, 100% customizable, an absolute nightmare to write malware for, runs forever on ancient hardware, stable as hell.... e.g. * Linux XXX-003 5.15.52-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Jul 16 10:40:39 EDT 2022 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux * Linux XXX-001 5.15.52-gentoo #1 SMP Sat Jul 16 15:31:09 EDT 2022 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux What am I missing?

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Exactly this.

I love the granular customization it results in a very small footprint and amazing stability. I installed this about 5-6 years and believed the opinions prevalent in this thread, thought I would eventually crash my system or get sick of it. When neither of those things happened I changed my belief.

I like to even push my luck and do shit like this:

make modules_prepare && make -j8 -l5 && make install && make modules_install && genkernel --luks --lvm initramfs && grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg && reboot || echo "jews did this"