noone actually uses gentoo. the project is dead

>>53318247
you know what? Ask this question on Quora :^)

>>53318247
Well they did change the official installation method to Stage3 only so it is fair to say they agree that Stage1 and 2 is not for general use or even for experienced users and you should only do them if you got a specific reason to do so.

>>53318255
Why did it die

>>53318939
Applefags learned recently that drobbins, gentoo creator, uses an Applel laptop provided by his employer. On another note, you should still go ahead and install gentoo.

>>53318476
what's the difference between using a stage3 install, and then re-compiling all packages as soon as your base system is up?

asking from a gentoo machine
all kvm vms are gentoo as well
the project isn't dead and i get updates quite frequently

it's seriously nice... like i get that it's completely niche and not for most people, but if you're a techie give it a shot. using it on a server with use flags -X -cups -qt -gtk -alsa etc... it's a great way to make your OS exactly the way you want it

>>53321386
original question is phrased poorly:
what's the difference between doing what i described above and doing a stage1 or stage2 install? serious question, i have no idea, never done a stage1 or 2 install

One of them is a macfag because he insisted that the whole thing is a timesink and if he actually used gentoo it just ended up with him ricing his obscure WM and pissing away time

>>53318247
They most likely haven't even heard of it. They probably don't care about 4chan.

>>53318939
They're fucking with you. Gentoo is still in use by the people who have always been using it: Server admins who want the lightest fucking thing they can find where they build in only the functionality they want and nothing more

>>53321403
A stage one install is cross compiling the Gentoo source for the machine to create a bootable medium, then using the bootable media, installing from source.
Stage 3 is installing from a precompiled image.
Stage 1 was really only for people with hardware not supported by the stage 3 images, but now that Linux has become so ubiquitous it's really not necessary.
Stage 2 is somewhere in between, but almost never used.

>>53322084
I guess you would need to use a stage 1 to install to an ARM device.

gentoo sounds great on paper (compile only what you need, with architecture specific optimizations that normal distros won't include), but when you need 1 hour to compile a package even with an amd 8 core cpu it quickly becomes an exercise in masochsim. can't imagine how bad it would be on lower spec PCs, servers, laptops etc. arch is much better if you're not a god of patience.

>>53318255
I'm installing it in a VM right now. I figure if I get comfortable with the process after a few times I'll put it on my laptop when I upgrade.

>>53322435
I ran Gentoo on my laptop for quite some time, only had a dual core ivy ulv and compile times really aren't as bad as people say.

tfw using gentoo as a base and docker to run applications because compiling everything is a waste of time.

>>53322435
I run Manjaro on my laptop and I'm no stranger to waiting forever for things to compile. I installed Telegram from the AUR and it has to download a hugeass source file and compile it all whenever it updates.

Speaking of, is there a way I can switch it to using a binary version of the official client instead?

>>53318247
http://asenna.gentoo.fi/

Why is this only available in Finnish

>>53322110
I installed gentoo on an ARM device using an Ubuntu image. It was horrible but it was the only image available. No stage 1 needed.

>>53322084
stage 4? When I download the gentoo tarball there's an option to download that one, is it better? I had no idea how to install it though.

>>53318255
> noone actually uses gentoo. the project is dead

>>53322435
>1 hour to compile a package

It takes an hour at most to install the operating system on a shit CPU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkKElaYBNFY