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<p id="src">SRC</p>
<p id="prepare">prepare</p>
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Why use Gentoo?
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Optimization
(
<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GCC_optimization">
packages can be compiled for a specific CPU,
</a>
ex.: -march=haswell
)
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Customizaton
(
<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/USE_flag">
USE flags
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)
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Lack of trust towards binary packages provided by a binary distro
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Ability to "package" almost anything
(
<a href="https://devmanual.gentoo.org/quickstart/index.html">
ebuilds
</a>
)
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Recompiling software from git
<a href="https://github.com/mgorny/smart-live-rebuild">
when new changes are pushed
</a>
("live" 9999 ebuilds)
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<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC">
OpenRC
</a>
- lightweight and flexible init system
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<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Webapp-config">
webapp-config
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- web application installation framework
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<a href="https://dev.gentoo.org/~zmedico/portage/doc/man/xpak.5.html">
XPAK
</a>
- new way of
<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide">
binary packge
</a>
distrubution
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Free as in freedom
(
<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Working/Portage/en#Licenses">
ACCEPT_LICENSE
</a>
can exclude nonfree software
)
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Is a Linux
(
<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix">
not necessarly
</a>
GNU
)
distribution
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Hobby
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<a href="https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/contribute/">
Contribute to Gentoo
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Gitlab
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Github
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Codeberg
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Social <i class="fa fa-share-alt-square"></i>
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Matrix
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IRC
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Documentation <i class="fa fa-file-text"></i>
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<a href="https://gitlab.com/src_prepare/src_prepare-overlay/blob/master/README.md">
Introduction
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Contributing
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To-do
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