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.

  • voidf1sh@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Arch isn’t any easier than Gentoo. If you’re newer to Linux and looking for something that ‘just works’ I’d stick with something Debian based like Ubuntu, Elementary, Mint, or PopOS

    • atomkarinca@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      akhtchually arch is a little easier than gentoo. gentoo is fully source-based, while arch is binary first. gentoo has use flags, while arch comes preoccupied with flags.

      albeit both distros cater to a little more experienced users, there’s that. i also think a more user-friendly distro would be a better start. at least the ones where you can get a working environment by just using a live installer. mint IS a good alternative.