> My first idea was to install Gentoo starting from stage 0 or 1 (it’s the distro I used 20 years ago), but I quickly realized that nowadays it’s officially supported only for developers. I would have had to install it from Stage 3 and then recompile everything… way too long and complicated.
Wouldn't starting from an earlier stage just mean more compiling? Anyways, Gentoo has binary packages nowadays, so you probably don't need to recompile much if anything.
Of course, Alpine is also great:)
giuliomagnifico•9mo ago
Yes, absolutely, but I would have started with Gentoo as we used to do 20 years ago from the network installer, downloading and compiling what is necessary.
If I have to download the "complete" version, install it as a full distribution, and then recompile everything (including software that I might not need), I waste even more time, especially if I have to check and understand which software or options in the kernel are selected and I need to remove them. That's what I meant, maybe I explained it poorly...
yjftsjthsd-h•9mo ago
Wouldn't starting from an earlier stage just mean more compiling? Anyways, Gentoo has binary packages nowadays, so you probably don't need to recompile much if anything.
Of course, Alpine is also great:)
giuliomagnifico•9mo ago
If I have to download the "complete" version, install it as a full distribution, and then recompile everything (including software that I might not need), I waste even more time, especially if I have to check and understand which software or options in the kernel are selected and I need to remove them. That's what I meant, maybe I explained it poorly...