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Why Gentoo?
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I have a lot more power over my system and can do more things on it Plus my computer is powerful already so the compile times aren't as abhorrent outside of anything with Webkit or chromium I love it, been using the OpenRC variant for the past several months after switching from Artix and have no regrets.
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