Everything just feels way more complicated than it needs to be.

I tried installing Openshot (a video editor) but I couldn’t figure out how to fix the error it spits out when I try to emerge it.

I will now try out Arch and hope I don’t need a master’s degree to install packages.

Edit: Gentoo isn’t the first distro I’ve tried, I’ve been daily driving Debian for more than a year and just wanted to try it out since I heard good things about it. And also I didn’t really need to use Openshot, I just wanted some video editor and arbitrarily chose to install that one.

Also I guess I will just stick with Debian since apparently Arch is also complicated.

  • iriyan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I can understand English not being your native language, and it doesn’t really matter if one doesn’t speak a language well, as long as he/she honestly makes an effort to communicate.

    BUT, “imma hop to another distro” is pushing peoples patience a little too much, don’t you think?

    Gentoo turned to crap ever since they decided to adopt IBM’s trojan horse, elogind, and abandon consolekit2 and seatd which are active and adequate alternatives. But IBM must be paying well the heads of some distributions so they can become their little puppets.

    If using openshot is the reason to use linux, are you aware it is offered for windows 11 too?

    • Prologue7642@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      What is wrong with imma hop to another distro? That is perfectly fine English: I’m going to hop to another distro.

    • Prologue7642@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I really love how you try to paint every decision in the worst way possible. No Gentoo didn’t abandon seatd it is commonly used. In what way is elogind trojan horse, I would really like to know.

      Also, Gentoo is basically the only “major” distro that actually lets you now use systemd at all, actually most Gentoo users don’t use systemd, so I really have no idea what you are talking about.

      Love how you are trying to paint everyone who disagrees with you as some sort of FOSS revisionist and here in community “Linux for leftist” you are trying to recommend someone Windows…

      • iriyan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        This is not facebook, smartass comments like this have no place other than the trash capitalist anti-social cannibals network. Did you not understand something in specific ask.

  • whoami@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    I don’t think there is a point in using gentoo unless you have a specific need for what makes it unique.

    Debian is a great choice imo