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Linux Distribution Chooser Tool (unknownuniverse.uk)
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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Arch users think they're... "edgy"? Honestly, if I had the patience to wait for compilation when upgrading, I'd run Gentoo as well. Arch for me was the next best thing in terms of making the system "my own". I mostly feel in love with the packaging system of Arch and how easy it was to make my own packages. Great stuff.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (4 children)

    Gentoo provides binary packages if you don't want to compile.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    That's cool. What does Gentoo do better than Arch in your opinion? Any category! 🙂

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    I haven't used Arch in a long time, but from what I remember...

    Arch and Gentoo are both rolling releases, but Gentoo is rolling stable while Arch is bleeding edge.

    If you game, you can't beat being able to drop kernel patches in a folder and have them applied on every update. Works for all packages, not just the kernel.

    GURU has a bit more oversight than the AUR, but not as many packages.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I'm thinking Arch is definitely for me, then:

    • I prefer bleeding edge. No delay, things haven't broken my system in a decade, seems like it's fine for personal use anyway.
    • I don't need any kernel patches as a heavy gamer, my system can run whatever you throw at it.
    • The AUR seems to have a far simpler and less convoluted process for contributing than GURU.

    Still, I'm curious: what kernel patches do you feel the need to apply, as a gamer?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    You can enable the bleeding edge too, if you like. The repos have multiple versions of packages.

    I need the bigsceen beyond patches for better VR support.

    I've never contributed to the AUR, so I can't really compare. GURU does have a bit of process in exchange for some oversight, but there are completely unmoderated overlays too.

    That's completely fair! I think pacman is a much nicer to use package manager than emerge, and Arch has a great community :3

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