Why Linux? What for that Linux? Which Linux? ...on What hardware?

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If you guys (and gals) need a debloater for Windows10, I can give you one which I got from Github. I use it personally and in all my clients’ machines. No boatware in Windows10. The ‘Debloater’ script is actually a batch file which you can open and see the content if you want. It works beautifully. Or, you can visit the following links:
Win10: GitHub - Sycnex/Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
(This I use.)
Win11: GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, easy to use PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps from Windows, disable telemetry, remove Bing from Windows search as well as perform various other changes to declutter and improve your Windows experience. This script works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
(This I haven’t used as I don’t have Win11.)

With the debloater, I also use REVO UNINSTALLER PRO to remove some unnecessary apps, which the debloater cannot remove.

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No, I don’t need a debloater for Windows, as I don’t have it anymore. The fact that something like that is needed already says there’s a problem with Windows. I won’t touch it, nor will I touch Windows.

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Windows itself has become a very big problem and that’s why I want to leave it.

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Not many on this forum use Gentoo!!! Since the introduction of, binary packages, has made Gento as easy too use as any other distro,

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Gentoo is overrated. If you want their binaries, gentoo is not for you.

Really, gentoo is for those who have a genuine need for it, otherwise it’s just an amazing time-sink.

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I would have to disagree with this!!! Binary packages have made Gentoo more available for older hardware that may have issues with compiling everything, one still has to have x86_64 architecture to take advantage of binary packages.
I for myself get to run what I want, not some bloated distro with packages I have no use for.

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I use Gentoo because it is what you want it to be. My work and home systems are Gentoo. I used Arch for the same reason but it was so scary to update it. Every time I took a backup before yay -Syyu (if I remembered the command right) and hoped for the best when rebooting. Before Arch I was a happy Ubuntu user for a very long time (win xp was my last windows machine at home) but the snap thing got me off. I used it before Unity and actually liked Unity but when they went back to Gnome(3) I tried other spins.

I don’t think Gentoo is a time sink. My newest computer has i5 8th gen chip and I’m enjoying the bin packages Gentoo now offers. Thunderbird update takes appr 1h30mins if it’s from source but with bin it’s almost as quick as with any other distro.

That’s just my opinion :hugs:

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Gentoo is indeed the most customizable Linux.
That is because Portage is superior to other package systems.
The next best package systems would be apt , pkg (BSD), and xbps, with all the rest a long way behind.

I am going to try a new Gentoo install , with binaries, on my old second generation corei7 machine.
I want it for a special experimental purpose using containers, which I am not prepared to try in my main distros. So my new Gentoo will be unique too, just like every Gentoo install.

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@nevj
I am in the process of installing Gentoo on my Dell XPS laptop, it will dual boot with W11!!!
Am tethered to a ethernet cable, will have to get Network Manger, for my wifi, up and running after I get Gentoo booting.

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That is the best way to do an install. Then convert it you WiFi after you get the install
right. ConnMan is an alternative to NetworkManager .

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Connman

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Good luck! The bin packages will help you build the system quicker on that hardware.

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If you use a Linux USB to chroot you should have WLAN already because the Linux you use has already network manager installed.

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@ihasama
Yes it does, but I seem to get better downloads with the ethernet cable!!! Will try the wifi connection. Got sleepy and tired last night, so I abandoned the project!!! Thanks, need all the help I can get!!! BTW, I am using the live Gentoo on a usb!!

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Luckily you can just stop the process when needed and continue with the install later. It’s just a chroot away! Remember to add a user with sudo privilege before booting to Gentoo for the first time.

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