For Gentoo Linux Initiates, Iron Penguin May Be Too Heavy | Linux Today

For Gentoo Linux Initiates, Iron Penguin May Be Too Heavy

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Jack Germain
Oct 20, 2014

The main advantage to using Gentoo Linux is its performance and customization. These two factors far exceed what the user settings in the KDE desktop provide.

Another benefit is the source compiler maximizes all possible optimizations and makes the software run as fast as possible. However, on less-powerful computers, this process can take what seems like forever to complete.

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Jack Germain

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