Gentoo issues.... binaries and init systems

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I gave up on my 60 year old jd2010… bought another secondhand tractor only about 15 years old. I spent most of last year fixing the fuel injection on the 2010, only to have the rear hydraulics collapse … cant lift the rear linkage arms. I am keeping it … it is still useful as a loader… worth nothing to sell… parts are discontinued.

There is that aspect to it. Your quality control might be better than some suppliers where every component comes from the cheapest bidder.
Software is different … the quality is in how you put it together… they all start from the same components.

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I am a cheapskate :grin: also if you can’t get something from shop - you build it. It’s like my audio stuff. But I’m sure it’s also in your genes. I personally like the challenge and planning more than the actual build.

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Yes. My parents and grandparents were like that. That may mean it is learned (cultural inheritance) , or it may mean it is genetically inherited.

That works in Linux too. You cant get a personally customised OS off the shelf.
i need tools that are not in most distros by default … eg R and Latex.
But building the whole OS is something more extreme.

There is also an element of creativity involved. We like to make things … probably more than we like to repair things.