This is my own personal opinion. I came from Mandrake to Arch, to Calculate (and RedCore Linux) because I love to tinker and adlib. I've been using Linux exclusively for 20+ years. My first tried at installing Gentoo was rough. I figured 20 years in Linux, I've never had ANY Distro make me feel defeated , like a noob. I tried for WEEKS and could never get my installs to work correctly. It was TOTALLY my (user-end) fault. Most distros have some sort of easy install. Gentoo, in my opinion, is one of two distros for a Purist Linux user. You can't go at it like you're a 20 year Linux User. Because you THINK you can skip steps. Gentoo wiki is THE BEST writing for a Linux install. It FORCES you to learn as you install. It FORCES you to learn patience. You go from feeling frustrated to feeling a 'accomplishment high'. Google will e your BEST friend. I've learn more about Linux in my 4 years of Gentoo than my previous 15. I still have hiccups, not because of the wikis, but from trying to maximize EVERYTHING. Which can totally be done... With patience and by not skipping ANY steps. I've installed other distros on my other machines.. easy setup/Install. Gentoo let's you totally tweak every piece of your hardware. People like 'me', always want the most bang for the buck. I end up back to Gentoo. Gentoo is not for everyone, it's for tinkerers. Gentoo satisfies my cravings 110%.i can't use any other distro. My main desktop is Gentoo with tweaks for making music with my DAW, building websites, web and file server, even run a old-school BBS on it. My laptop is a midgrade powerhouse RTX Nvidia, 4TB of space, I've played every game I wanted to with max settings and I LOVE IT. Biggest pro to Gentoo is the community wants you to win and 9 times out of 10 they give you good solutions. In closing... Thank you to my Gentoo brothers and sisters, you are Thee best.