Hey mate, thanks for the advice, never heard of this distribution. Does it work well on gaming as well?
Also in the near future I want to build a pc that is very low on power for running dedicated servers for several games. But first I need to figure out where to start tho haha!
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From wikipedia:
Unlike a binary software distribution, the source code is compiled locally according to the user's preferences and is often optimized for the specific type of computer. Precompiled binaries are available for some larger packages or those with no available source code.[3]
"Gentoo", coming from the fast-swimming gentoo penguin, was chosen to reflect the potential speed improvements of machine-specific optimization. Gentoo package management is designed to be modular, portable, easy to maintain, and flexible. Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution because of its adaptability, in that the majority of users have configurations and sets of installed programs which are unique to themselves.
it works as well as any distribution is, but it is much more hands on (and thus much more customizable) than most other distributions.
gentoo linux is often used for specialized applications like embedded computers, strange hardware, your low power server, etc.
Interesting, but I guess it needs alot more Linux knowledge to setup at first right? I might look into it and like you said, first on a Virtual Machine to test out. Reason I chosen Linux Mint is because it had much pre installed, meaning I could learn the whole terminal command thing etc while running a desktop already. Thanks for the knowledge tho :)
they have a pretty good step by step guide aimed at folks brand new to it. thats how I learned