re &#x2F;g&#x2F;<p>Haha. That is pretty evil given my experiences starting with command line Linux back in the day. Far as learning, I&#x27;ve heard that before about Gentoo. Thought about doing it at some point. Right now, kind of mixed between learning BSD or Linux as the security enhancements I create might need to temporarily stay proprietary to support their development. BSD vs GPL you know. I mean, I&#x27;d give back bug-fixes or feature developments where possible but differentiator has to be secretish.<p>&quot;But unlike Other OS&#x27;s and distros, when it breaks in Gentoo, it&#x27;s probably your fault.&quot;<p>I&#x27;m avoiding that right now but fine with the concept. Reminds me of Mentor&#x27;s Hacker Manifesto we used to quote to justify such responsibility.<p>&quot;so having one master install I can re-deploy in the amount of time it takes to brew coffee is pretty handy&quot;<p>That is handy. I&#x27;ve always especially liked how the source-based distros were customized to one&#x27;s own hardware. That drastically increases the initial deployment time but significantly reduces many issues along the way.