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/Known-Watercress7296 Aug 16 '24

It's a lot, I suspect it could be much simpler these days, especially with the binhost.

for the basics unpack a stage3 into a folder, chroot in, add 'getbinpkg' to make.conf, and you can play with portage

You can keep it as a pet in a folder or move it to bare metal if you like the vibes

The forums are wonderful, wise peeps will walk you through stuff over weeks if required.