Comments by "Juzu Juzu" (@juzujuzu4555) on "Microsoft Windows is Better than GNU/Linux!" video.

@oddstap6976 With Gentoo everything on your hard drive will be compiled from sources, using the latest GCC and the best optimization for your hardware. Also all packages are compiled with as little dependencies as needed or configured. The feeling you get from this is amazing if you are the type of person who appreciate this. And of course it saves HDD space, memory, CPU and leaves less attack surface. If you don't have any problems, then getting Gentoo to work isn't that hard. And your level should be fine, as I have about the same level of experience, based on your comment. Though I appreciate the problems also because I learned so much when I tried to find the fix to my problems. And the confidence after fixing all the problems grew more than can be said. If you don't have space computer/laptop where you are planning on installing Gentoo, I strongly suggest that you do it in virtual machine first. As the ability to stop and continue the process, ability to do other stuff while Gentoo compiles, ability to read the Gentoo manual (and possibly forums) at the same time with the same computer, is really going to make it more pleasant experience. Once you have installed it once, doing it the second time will be really easy.
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@oddstap6976 Check out the required settings for Virtualbox, as I couldn't get Gentoo to work before I changed some settings which I don''t remember at this time. Also give up a LOT of memory to Gentoo as compiling with multiple threads takes a ton of memory on certain packages. Worst memory usage might go to 1.5gb per thread. And be prepared to work. But it really is worth it.
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@oddstap6976 Bare metal is always better. I went with Virtualbox as I knew getting Gentoo to work with my level of experience was going to be a long process. And it was, but ironically I think it would have went pretty straightforward with installing it directly.
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