Which one(s) and why?

  • cygon@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    SuSE Linux (a German distribution), some niche, single CD distrubution, Debian for a while and, finally, since ~2006, Gentoo on my servers and since ~2015 Gentoo as my desktop.

    Debian and its derivatives never felt right for me. I find too many drawbacks with binary packages (non-configurable build options, therefore dependencies that can’t be disabled, relying on humans to keep ABI compatiblity, trouble integrating my own packages or unstable versions) and I just don’t like systemd.

    It’s weird, I’ve seen more than enough of those “Install Gentoo” memes, but I find it the most pleasant system to run in the long term.

    • Pacmanlives@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I always preferred gentoos layouts over everyone else’s. I was a long time Sabayon user so other side of the house. Interested in trying out the Gentoo Binary’s here soonish