Gentoo vs Arch

>>57374797
Install Antergos. Don't try to join this retarded elitists clubs.

>>57374861
What's the advantage over Mint?
I'm looking for something safe that I have 100% control over

gentoo is a distro that works really well on beefy desktop hardware with decent ssds (nvme ssds but ahci ones kinda work), otherwise you're best off installing the binary packages for big programs and at that point why bother

on laptops, at least older ones, gentoo may as well be keyword for multiple hours of compiling the base system

Install steps on arch and gentoo are similar. With gentoo you wait on compile time.

I'd recommend gentoo purely because of the package manager. Maintenance is very easy but initial setup is longer since you compile nearly everything.

Gentoo is a bit more minimal. Arch includes extras to make the user experience a little smoother.

Any distro can be made to look like another. And they will have same kernel for all purposes too. Really any difference will generally always come down to package manager.

Portage is a fucking dream to use.

>>57374992
Antergos is basically Arch with an automated installation

>Most awesome linux wiki.
>Rolling release (get packages as soon as they're published without modifications)
>Minimalist and fast

Gentoo is only useful if you want to edit the sources or patch them. In other cases it's just a meme.

Thanks a lot for the input, everyone! Think I'm gonna try Antergos first