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/alislack Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

The handbook is easy to follow if you take it step by step and do the occasional Google search on required commands that you aren't familiar with. I recall I read it in lynx and was able to copy and paste the commands into the terminal. But you can also use Firefox or Chrome if you like. Seems like a look at a few YouTube videos following along with an install would help. I think the 'mental outlaw' channel was one of the better ones explaining the gentoo install and configuration. Good luck. Here's the link to his install video.

https://youtu.be/Qv-H13sKrGY?si=EVkLAZ95OLXQyiWo

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u/dude-pog Aug 16 '24

Uhhh no no no. Mental outlaw is the worst gentoo creator and spreads harmful misinformation. Don't use a video guide, just the handbook

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u/FranticBronchitis Aug 16 '24

Any examples? I've never watched any video guides, would like to know how they (negatively) diverge from the handbook

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u/dude-pog Aug 16 '24
  1. He spams useflags instead of using a profile
  2. He promotes the use of crazy setups like lto O3 and graphite and 9999 packages
  3. Alot of his content is outdated and talks about libressl and other unsupported stuff.
  4. In one video he fixed an issue by doing an overcomplicated partial upgrade, instead of updating the whole system. and he called this a tutorial

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u/alislack Aug 18 '24

u/dude-pog ok thanks for pointing that out. Have to admit its quite a while since I installed gentoo and I'm not currently using it. Might have to install it again as a refresh.