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    [–] Toes@ani.social 44 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Let's be honest, real nerds use Gentoo

    [–] zcd@lemmy.ca 70 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Better start compiling now so its ready by October

    [–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    I started my Gentoo compile in 2008. It should be ready by next October.

    [–] zcd@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

    I did it on sparc way back in the day, took a solid week. Once was enough

    [–] tentacles9999@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Old news, gentoo has binary packages as an option

    [–] Waffelson@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    What's the point of using Gentoo if you don't compile?

    [–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

    You don't have to choose between binary and source, you can get some pre-compiled packages that you don't care about, but e.g. run a custom kernel at the same time.

    [–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    a good starter distro but ideally you should make your own from scratch so you know what's in it

    [–] xavier_berthiaume@jlai.lu 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Honestly you're not a real one until you've written your own kernel entirely

    [–] sunflower_name@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

    You guys would have deployed your own internet protocol if this conversation continued

    [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    Writing your own internet protocol is a good idea but you shouldn't stop there. You need to run your own internet cables too to make sure it does what you want and isn't controlled by someone else.

    [–] sunflower_name@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    And develop your own plastic to cover the cables?

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    And what are you going to cover with it if you haven’t even started mining your copper and inventing a machine to make your fiber optics.

    Wait, maybe we need to start with the electromagnetic spectrum in general.

    [–] sunflower_name@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

    Oh my god😭

    [–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

    Linux has a good starter kernel but ideally you should

    [–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

    (I wish I was that advanced, maybe some day.)

    [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 7 points 5 months ago

    Weird way to spell NixOS.

    [–] Emerald@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Not really any harder then Arch if you know about how linux systems work and didn't just copy paste or script your entire arch installation.