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Just my opinion.
The guys who came in the past on forums.gentoo.org and claimed to run gentoo when they run fake sabayon, calculate, funtoo were the worst. also those guys who claim to run gentoo and later i found out quite quick by asking it was some outdated broken virtual image from someone.
Do not run a virtual box gentoo image. Do not post, how to update an outdated virutal box image! (that is out of scope why! and such)
A gentoo installation takes usually 2 days assuming you can read, and comprehend the gentoo handbook. I also expect that you are willing and able to learn and research information from gentoo / arch linux wiki and the gentoo handbook. I also expect that you have read at least one linux book which covers bash (the shell) an the basics. and also the basics about the x-server internals. I also expect that you can use a texteditor, that you can read basic text config files, e.g. grub2 bootlaoder grub.cfg )
When you acquired those skills elsewhere it is also fine
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A basic gentoo installation needs only a bootloader, no swap, and ~20GB when you do not intend to install gnome / kde. When you reserve 40GB it should be enough without user data.
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Last word: a virtual image is not gentoo.
as gentoo changes quite quick. I use it for 13 years. Some basic internals have changed over the months. also your systemd gentoo image may differ from my openrc / eudev gentoo. gentoo is about choice. there is no standard gentoo installation. you could have a different shell, different kernel, static init and other setup which totally differs.
gentoo is just a meta distro, it is about choice.
I also recommend to not use systemd. (I decided to not answer any systemd related gentoo question since 3 years. As systemd is broken by design. No one could really explain it'S benefits. and i have read about 500 forum post pages related to systemd discussions and bug reports, issue reports. also any questions about system with gnome or kde will not be answered. as this is also broken by design. won't fix, as it is a design flaw. and also systemd has totally new config tools and ways to configure it.) After reading several years systemd realted topics I decided to ditch it. It is complicated and broken by design. And it is not worth investing time when other proven software exits: static init (recommended when you are an old school linux guy) / OR / openrc + eudev
you may use openrc + eudev or go for a static init.
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when you want to check out gentoo. use the 2-3 year old gentoo livedvd.
or install it on usb.
I have also read several topics where virtualbox and others sometimes work. i would not bother with virtualbox and other similar software anymore these days.
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about the winrar issue. that guy downloaded a virtualbox winrar file and gets corruption message. which means it is a file with possible nasty software in it. Downloads which are corrupted are quite uncommon. and i download regularly isos, verify the checksum.
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you can install on mostly anything.
x86 is still supported by gentoo. most binary distros are amd64 only these days.
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Also
I expect that you spend at least an hour a week to fix config files
I expect that you keep portage running regularly to compile software. (basic point about gentoo) when you do not want that, than do not use it, as this is the main point of gentoo. to compile your own software.
on penryn based cpus i usually needed a full day a week to compile software.
on ivybridge you need around 5-6 hours a week to compile everything.
I also expect that you update your box at least once a week, that includes fully finishing updating the system set. world can be left out, but is not recommended. When you do not have the online time, the will to do that, than please use linux mint, and update it every 6-12-18 months.
Gentoo does not handle very long time of inactivity. you should at least update once a week. i did an update recently which was over 4 weeks. You run into certain issues which a newbie barely can handle and fix. the package manager is limited, the users way of thinking, the user lack of experience on how to fix issues makes it very difficult.
I also did several 3 month old installation upgrades. it was possible, but it needs deep knowledge on how the different packages interact with each other. when you have that knowledge, let's say from arch linux or from some other means, it is fine, else just do not leave gentoo not too long updated. again we are at the point to have the knowledge on how certain things works, and which packages are needed.
Last edited by _roman_; 05-09-2018 at 06:41 PM.
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