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LFS doesn’t give you a usable system in practice though. A distribution is nothing without package management.
Gentoo gives you a thorough course in Linux fundamentals, and has lots of other benefits. Forget the mild gains of compiling for your specific CPU, it’s really all about the incredible flexibility of Portage.
incredible flexibility of Portage
Exactly.
I know people running systemd AND OpenRC on their Gentoo installs. Gentoo is a metadistro. It gives you the tools to build your own distro. SO in comparison to LFS, Gentoo is pretty similar. It’s just the tools that differ (although one can use Portage with LFS…)
Gentoo gives you a thorough course in Linux fundamentals
I basically learned everything Linux related from using Gentoo.
I can’t imagine why someone would want both init systems; that’s awesome.
Yeah but which one teaches you more about how Linux works, versus how this distro works ? Linux isn’t a package manager.
LFS surely teaches more, but not by much.
Portage lets you see down into the proper guts of Linux deployment. It’s much more applicable knowledge than almost any other distro. Plus, the install and maintenance teach non-specific fundamentals as well.
LFS gives a bit more learning and an utterly impractical OS for real life.
Gentoo teaches slightly less, and gives you an extremely robust and flexible OS.
