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Gentoo Overview

What is Gentoo?

Gentoo is an operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD and can be customized for just about any application or need.

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Gentoo is an operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD and can be customized for just about any application or need.


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Recent Gentoo Reviews

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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Good for custom performance"
Good when you a looking for custom performance because you can build using flags, etc
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Breanna L.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Your Type of Tool if you love Customizability."
I love learning new things everyday. Gentoo's hands on installation gives me an opportunity to explore and get invaluable knowledge on Linux systems.
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Rei B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Gentoo is Linux From Scratch with some help"
What I love about Gentoo Linux is the absence of de-facto standards. You want OpenRC? Use it. You want Systemd? Sure. And no setup-tool messing up ...
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What do you like best about Gentoo?

gentoo will teach you the fundamentals of Linux operating systems, you will appreciate the firmness of its build for a minimum resource, yet wider usage of the functionality of Linux OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gentoo?

legacy console, thus powerful working on the said environment due to less resource required to run gentoo on a specific H/W or VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Gentoo:

not yet aware of the updates, but to improve further on GUI's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Gentoo solving and how is that benefiting you?

working on the GUI part.. integrating applicable GUI interfaces available on web. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Gentoo?

Rolling updates... That's almost always works, it allows you to keep track of changes in linux world by dealing with problems of packages and compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gentoo?

Absence of repositories with precompiled packages. Sometimes I just want to roll update fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Gentoo:

be prepared for a really deep dive into linux internals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Gentoo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Router, NAS,etc. with most recent patches for kernel for iptables and some iscsi drivers. Love openrc and other configuration utils. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Gentoo?

Gentoo used to have the most powerful tools to develop a Linux based embedded OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Gentoo?

Building system and package sources wasn't well maintained Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Gentoo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Developed tiny OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.