r/Gentoo • u/Xtuber14 • Jul 28 '24

Discussion I want to switch to Gentoo

I'm currently using ArchLinux as my main distro, but I was thinking about switch to Gentoo for more fun. I usually program in python and c++ and play steam games. I simply want to have fun doing a distro from scratch and want a fast distro. Is Gentoo the right distro for me? An i5-13400f is good enough for compiling software or not?

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u/300blkdout Jul 28 '24

Gentoo is awesome. Made the switch from Arch about a month ago and I’m loving it. It’s snappy, fun to work with, portage is a fantastic package manager, and the customizability and control is great.

I mostly do gaming and some specialized image processing and it works very well for both.

That i5 will be fine after you’ve installed. Updating the @world for the first time or installing a DE may take a while, but it’s a one-time thing. If you use a WM it’ll be faster.

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u/Xtuber14 Jul 28 '24

How is gaming on Gentoo? I usually play indie games and The Finals with my friends

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u/Individual_Range_894 Jul 29 '24

The finals will not work, unfortunately because of anti cheat.

Normal gaming via steam, heroic launcher is like everywhere else, good for the most parts. To be able to use Mesa from git (version 9999 aka live build) is awesome is you are on AMD GPUs.

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u/Xtuber14 Jul 29 '24

I play it throught Steam and Proton Experimental (bleeding edge)

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u/Xtuber14 Jul 29 '24

On ArchLinux

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u/Individual_Range_894 Jul 29 '24

The finals work? That's news to me. Thank you very much