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Gentoo was how I learned Linux. In college, I used it on my desktop (alongside Windows) and I remember thinking I was a "1337 h4xx0r" by compiling my kernel and setting the flags to make everything custom for my PC. I remember having compile errors and having to try to fix it, even though I didn't know much about C/C++.

I enjoyed using Gentoo and I eventually set up distcc on a separate computer to help compiling.

I forget exactly when, but I switched to Arch Linux and after a failed upgrade there, switched again to Fedora.