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In what way?
Compared to gentoo for instance, packages are not compiled depending on the HW they are installed on. So, not enough resource optimisation and customisation for some users
Of course, any distro is customisable if you spend the time to do it voluntarily, but by default it's not the way it works
I suppose, although you are getting very little performance improvements compiling from sources. Like very, very little. Considering that you will be waiting for emerge a lot, there's a good handful of folks that consider it a net positive.
Absolutely, it used to be important, now it's more of a hobby for me...
Yet, for some people who love to have everything under control, Arch is a step below the fully optimisable distros. That's why I think it's maybe not for the ultimate Linux extremists among us :) Although there is definitely some respect to give to people who completely mod Mint or Ubuntu, they're among the bravest
Have you tried Funtoo?
Not yet, thanks for bringing it!
I don't know enough about Gentoo to understand what it is saying but it sounds like it is totally the same but makes dealing with the compiler options a lot easier? Do you think it's a good first pick over Gentoo? For "advanced Linux" I mean not a first timer lol.
I find it a bit weird to try to make gentoo more 'user-friendly'. It kind of defeats the point... I have to try tho before being able to answer
I moved from Gentoo to Arch years ago and was unable to notice any performance difference. There may have been one, but it wasn't perceptible to me.
For very specific uses, it can be useful. Some scientific SW, niche applications, or if you have older HW. Most of the time, it's a flex now (I use gentoo BTW, what about that?)
If you absolutely need to compile everything for your system, you can do that with ABS