Why Gentoo?
Gentoo is often perceived as a distribution focused on compiling for performance, but its philosophy extends beyond that. It is governed by a community of volunteers dedicated to independence, security, and quality. Gentoo emphasizes human contributions and aims to provide a stable environment for its users.
- ▪Gentoo is not driven by profit but by a community of passionate volunteers.
- ▪The distribution prioritizes security by maintaining its own infrastructure and backporting patches.
- ▪Gentoo has banned contributions from large language models to maintain trust within its community.
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Why Gentoo? Multiple times in the past I’ve been thinking of how Gentoo is perceived by the wider public, the non-users. What probably stands out most is compiling. Almost everyone who heard of Gentoo knows it has something to do with compiling everything. And why are we doing that? Well, besides being hardcore, the common sentiment goes for performance. So yeah, Gentoo users must be some kind of hardcore ricers who try to squeeze every last bit of their system performance. To be honest, I don’t think that’s a good way to describe Gentoo. Yes, compiling is at the core of it. But performance? I don’t think so, at least not in the obvious, -O9999 -fzomg-fast way.
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