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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Gentoo or LFS? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by emotional_soup_88@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been using Arch for five years and I think I would like to call myself at least a progressive beginner when it comes to Linux, computers and networking, to be humble. 🤣

I would like to "move on" to Gentoo or LFS to force myself to learn more^[This was my main incentive for switching to Arch a long time ago, and it worked!]. Please share your pros and cons for switching to any one of these approaches.

Use case: a gaming rig (using nvidia's proprietary drivers and an AMD CPU) on one system and a server on a separate system.

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Can I chime in for NixOS? Give it a shot. Truly next level.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Second NixOS. I'm curious as to whether Gentoo does much that NixOS doesn't do, aside from not using systemd and not having a world-readable store.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I believe nixos is superior. Especially on the package manager side. NixOS supports almost all packages for linux and far surpasses even the AUR on arch Linux.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Better to go with Lix, imo. NixOS had a controversy surrounding sponsorship of American warfare industry.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

How does the documentation and community support differ? Sometimes I can get lost in nix or any OS. But forums and troubleshooting matters a lot to me.

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rather go with guix os which actually is based on a sane language and has stronger security/reproducibility measures. Not to mention a much more pleasant community

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

How does this compare to nix, vs lix? I didn't know of guixos.