Militant Gentoo user here with a fleet of Calculate&#x2F;Gentoo-based chromebooks deployed. with quickpkg, I can flash and install a new chromebook in less than 5 minutes<p>Start with Calculate Linux. it&#x27;s gentoo, but without the scary install, and most of the packages are binary-based. If your package isn&#x27;t binary&#x27;d already, you&#x27;ll have to wait for it to build. that&#x27;ll take longer than you may expect. If you&#x27;re testing new packages, you may have to make an ebuild. Ebuilds are surprisingly simple.<p>You <i>can</i> use systemd if you enjoy that sort of massochism, but it&#x27;s definitely <i>not</i> (recommended) required.