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Pro Full control of the software
You build the package from a source you can see and read. You decide which features you want to build in and which aren't needed. You can choose build options, optimisation and whatever else fancy stuff you want modified. With a binary distribution this simply isn't possible.
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Gentoo Linux
Recommended 2 years ago
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Can by optimized to any given CPU by using proper compile flagsPro
Full control of the softwarePro
Fully customizablePro
Can be officially systemd-freePro
A very large collection of software is availableCon
Since everything must be compiled it takes a lot longer to update