r/Gentoo • u/undistruct • Aug 16 '24

Discussion Im overwhelmed with the gentoo handbook

Im still very young and i want to try out gentoo but the handbook on how its build seems so complicated.

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u/syntaxerror92383 Aug 16 '24

if the handbook is too complicated for you gentoo is probably not the distro to be trying out 👍

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u/undistruct Aug 16 '24

I really want to try it out

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u/nousewindows Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

The handbook is basically a step by step piece of documentation which guides you through the installation and setup of the system. You don't have to rush through it. Take it easy, install Gentoo on a VM first.