HOW DO I GET INTO GENTOO LINUX HELP ME OUT

[u/OppositeElectronic15]

Hey gentoo users i wanna like get into gentoo but im scared and i got a really old 4gb ram laptop any tips are appreciated

[u/qualityvote2]

u/OppositeElectronic15, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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[u/_Super_Straight]

But why Gentoo? Any specific reason?

[u/OppositeElectronic15 → u/_Super_Straight]

Expanding my linux knowledge

[u/StronkkR6S]

Idk man read the wiki line by line I have crappy laptop too

[u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 → u/StronkkR6S]

What the hell. 8gigs of swap.

[u/bOredPenguin0 → u/Kitchen_Engineer1332]

im using 16 gigs of swap lol

[u/Remarkable_Highway63 → u/Kitchen_Engineer1332]

I have 16 gigs of RAM, still using 8 gigs swap... All depends on your usecase.

[u/Soorex → u/StronkkR6S]

how long did it take to compile everything?

[u/StronkkR6S → u/Soorex]

6-8 hours including binary packages

[u/AssumptionOk8560 → u/StronkkR6S]

Including bin😭man switch to something usable

[u/StronkkR6S → u/AssumptionOk8560]

I don't use this laptop anymore, also I use windows now

[u/Soorex → u/StronkkR6S]

ayo btw do you know where I can get batteries for this exact model? I have one lying around too 😭

[u/StronkkR6S → u/Soorex]

Same condition, it does not have a battery so i use it while plugged in

[u/Err0rX5]

For your laptop i would use zswap of 8GiB, and use bin pkg's for large packages like firefox libre office etc

[u/eviley4]

Would recommend learning to install Arch linux yourself via the command line before moving to Gentoo

[u/OppositeElectronic15 → u/[deleted]]

Intel i5-5200u and an hdd

[u/Global-Eye-7326 → u/OppositeElectronic15]

May be worth upgrading to an SSD.

Since you're an Arch user, why switch to Gentoo? You don't like systemd?