In order to be able to Further configure my system, I am looking for a fork of my current OS (artix with openRC as init system) in which i am able to compile every package from source in order to Further configure it with make flags. I am currently not using gentoo, and because the packages in its default repos are only updated when necessary, and the break-my-gentoo repo is more of a joke than an actual replacement for arch. However, if someone can recommand me a repo with similar package updates as arch, I would be looking at installing gentoo.

EDIT: Thank you for Pointing out to me that Gentoo can have newer Packages too. I did indeed not know this, and therefore just stamped off Gentoo as a stable rolling release distro. I will be looking at learning more about gentoo and eventually installing it, once I know how to use portage.

    • Pallaxis
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      3 months ago

      Definitely agree, there’s going to be mess-up’s and your learning process will be significantly slower when you’ve gotta compile everything

      • shipwreckt@mastodon.online
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        3 months ago

        @Pallaxis

        Agreed :)
        I personally believe most people at some point should at least try arch OE Gentoo at some point but maybe not the first distro because they need to learn how to use the terminal.

        Also I have a question for you, what do you personally think is the best beginner distro and what do you think is the word beginner distro?

        • Pallaxis
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          3 months ago

          That’s really tough because everyone is different, a beginner can start on arch if they know what they’re getting into and are determined but something like mint is probably the best for a true beginner who wants something that looks similar to windows in terms of DE.

          Definitely think the worst would be something very obscure with almost no documentation and nobody asking and answering questions for others to find when they look up {distro} + {issue here} haha

            • Pallaxis
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              3 months ago

              First was Ubuntu waay before I decided to switch, I had it in a vm for like a couple of days and didn’t do anything with it really, just kinda seeing how things worked from a long time windows users perspective. I actually thought before I tested it out that things like moving your mouse and windows around would be laggy and not smooth but surprisingly it was. That was my first real experience before finally deciding to take the plunge to Arch