Screenshot of QEMU VM showing an ASCII Gentoo Logo + system info
I followed Mental Outlaw’s 2019 guide and followed the official handbook to get up-to-date instructions and tailored instructions for my system, the process took about 4 hours however I did go out for a nice walk while my kernel was compiling. Overall I enjoyed the process and learnt a lot about the Linux kernel while doing it.
I’m planning on installing it to my hardware soon, this was to get a feel for the process in a non-destructive way.
Well done! Not too hard?
No it wasn’t bad actually with the hand-holding a long the way, I mainly followed the handbook but if I didn’t understand anything then I went back to the MO video to see what he did. Compiling from source is definitely what took the longest but that’s to be expected with Gentoo. The overall install process felt like a bit more involved Arch install.