Recently, I’ve been using linux(tried multiple distros). I’m curious about how linux works, it’s architecture! Is there a book, guide, video, etc to learn about linux? By using linux, I get to know something. It would be better If I know how linux works!

  • Lampros Liontos@mastodon.online
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    1 year ago

    @PropaGandalf @fbsz

    I’ve used both, and really, from an understanding standpoint, there’s really not much difference between Arch and Gentoo.

    Gentoo’s main advantage are its USE flags, which the packages use to determine which “configure” options to select at compile time. However, installing and updating the system can take hours or days while you wait for everything to compile.

    Arch, on the other hand, uses binary packages, which is faster, but lacks the flexibility of USE flags.

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        @PropaGandalf

        I should also probably mention that messing with the USE flags can make things a little brittle, since it’s possible to flag out options that might not be important now, but could become important later. Most binary distributions make things as flexible as possible to accommodate future changes.

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          Yeah most of the times I just included them all unless I really didn’t need them (some architecture specific stuff or a specific protocol)