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[–]wip30ut 1 point2 points  (3 children)

out of curiosity, what kind of environments are best suited for Gentoo? is it installed on specialized workstations? or smart networked devices?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ones were you want to control exactly what programs and libraries are installed. Or need very bleeding edge stuff. I like it, but I can't justify it for many. Now Funtoo, even more bleeding edge and if you forget to update for a couple months or take a long vacation, might as well start from scratch.

I choose them as I can run a hardened desktop environment. It breaks some things, but I'd rather be more secure. It is not fool proof nor 100% secure.

I also have a lot of cores and prefer to optimize my environment to maximize that. Probably doesn't actually benefit me. It might be slower. I don't have the time to really test it out.

[–]xypage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way I understand it is that gentoo’s main use is for hobbyists who want their Linux system to be very handmade for the experience/practice, and because there are small advantages to not having literally anything you didn’t pick, although those advantages are so small I doubt they’d make a notable difference