Only Gentoo allows the user to configure.
Only Gentoo.
Brother, if you ain't using Gentoo then you are one sick fuck.
Now I switch to other distro, because I can't donate Kubutnu for ages
(they disable donations and they will be pretend in the future that all
they users have big debt because they do not pay any single coin for
distro they use).
On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:03:50 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:
Now I switch to other distro, because I can't donate Kubutnu for ages
(they disable donations and they will be pretend in the future that all
they users have big debt because they do not pay any single coin for
distro they use).
What are you on about now?
https://kubuntu.org/donate/
I struggle to heal my mind for ages, so I again try to install and
configure Gentoo. This is my story:
1. I started install Gentoo at Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0200, and give
up at Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200;
2. I choose install Gentoo from my Kubutnu 20.04 (as host), and use
chroot /mnt/gentoo which I feed with Gentoo stage 3. Gentoo Live CD, at
the time, was missing from official download dir;
3. I decide to configure all Global USE flags, and configure all USE
flags for applications I want to install;
4. I decide to recompile whole system in 2 stages: 1) make world update after configuration, then 2) install all chosen apps. To speedup this process I decide to use signed binary packages when possible;
5. I make several mistakes when I specify USE flags. Some of them are contradictory (OpenSSL and GnuTSL), some of them must be installed even
if they are contradictory (for eg. expat and xml), and chosen for
packages which use one of them. Some nice packages are impossible to install: examples, docs and tests (they should be selected separately
for desired apps);
6. I make big mistake and skip kernel recompile (due to very unclear
Gentoo Handbook chapter). It was big surprise that my fresh Gentoo boot
with old Kubutnu 20.04 kernel;
7. Compilation was also very surprising for me: on my 8 threads / 24GB
RAM machine Thunderbird and Firefox compilations failed due to eat all
RAM memory. I tune USE flags in order to compile them, I try this few
times, and each time I must wait over 2 hours for Thunderbird and over 4 hours for Firefox;
8. Finally, with AI help, I install, compile and fix my Gentoo
installation so I can boot in to text console. But I was even more
surprised by intensively blinking screen;
9. I blindly login to the console, and I type starx. But I got "command
not found" (what was not easy to read due to blinking screen). This
shock me again, because I successfully compile and install many GUI apps (include Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice).
So I feel that I do as much as I can, and Gentoo not works on my laptop
- screen blinking on my Intel ingratiated graphic card. This is even
worst than my previous attempt to install Gentoo in the august 2025 -
then I successfully boot int to Trinity desktop.
Now I switch to other distro, because I can't donate Kubutnu for ages
(they disable donations and they will be pretend in the future that all
they users have big debt because they do not pay any single coin for
distro they use).
7. Compilation was also very surprising for me: on my 8 threads / 24GB
RAM machine Thunderbird and Firefox compilations failed due to eat all
RAM memory. I tune USE flags in order to compile them, I try this few
times, and each time I must wait over 2 hours for Thunderbird and over 4 hours for Firefox;
Now I switch to other distro,
On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:03:50 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:
7. Compilation was also very surprising for me: on my 8 threads / 24GB
RAM machine Thunderbird and Firefox compilations failed due to eat all
RAM memory. I tune USE flags in order to compile them, I try this few
times, and each time I must wait over 2 hours for Thunderbird and over 4
hours for Firefox;
Although this does not address your concerns about Gentoo, I just
want to point out that compiling a browser, any browser, is really
a waste of time.
Browsers have evolved (devolved?) into behemoths that rival OSs in complexity. I consider this to be totally ridiculous. A browser
should be simple and just display web pages. But people are demanding
that the browser assume the role of the OS itself. This is especially
true with the migration of a lot software from local hardware to remote servers.
Firefox takes a LONG time to build. I've never tried to do it but
2 hours seems a bit understated.
Regarding browsers, I just use the distributed binaries.
- The handbook part on installing the kernel lists every option, but
for an easy life, just go with sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin.
W dniu 14.04.2026 o 04:17, makendo pisze:
- The handbook part on installing the kernel lists every option, but
for an easy life, just go with sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin.
Sorry, but this is contradictory to Gentoo concept! It is so stupid that sounds like kind of schizophrenia.
BTW: Poles also accuse me to be schizophrenia sick, but they have not
any evidence for me like yours above.
What I mean was: install Gentoo binary packages which not followRegarding browsers, I just use the distributed binaries.
Sorry, but this is contradictory to Gentoo concept! It is so stupid that sounds like kind of schizophrenia.
W dniu 15.04.2026 o 03:53, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
What I mean was: install Gentoo binary packages which not follow
Regarding browsers, I just use the distributed binaries.
Sorry, but this is contradictory to Gentoo concept! It is so stupid that
sounds like kind of schizophrenia.
configured USE flags are contradictory to Gentoo concept, and thus it is
not acceptable for me.
W dniu 15.04.2026 o 03:54, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 pisze:
W dniu 14.04.2026 o 04:17, makendo pisze:
- The handbook part on installing the kernel lists every option, but >>> for an easy life, just go with sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin.
Sorry, but this is contradictory to Gentoo concept! It is so stupid
that sounds like kind of schizophrenia.
BTW: Poles also accuse me to be schizophrenia sick, but they have not
any evidence for me like yours above.
What I mean was: install Gentoo binary packages which not follow
configured USE flags are contradictory to Gentoo concept, and thus it is
not acceptable for me.
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