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      1 2023-08-18
      2 Long time no see, almost a month later daily driving Gentoo, fix-
      3 ing connectivity and debating wrpr.us vs linear.codes.
      4 
      5 First  off  I have switched to Gentoo and it's not the leap I was
      6 expecting in a daily driver scenario. The biggest change in how I
      7 use my system isn't emerge/compile times; rather my  approach  to
      8 packages and their dependencies. Typically I like to run a small,
      9 minimalist system, keeping focus on what I need to get stuff done
     10 and  nothing  more.  Now Gentoo really has changed my approach to
     11 minimalism, with how extensible and informative  portage  is.  On
     12 previous  installs  I never stopped to appreciate all the portage
     13 con fig files and use flag versatility.  10/10  Really  recommend
     14 running  Gentoo if you have the core power, it's extensible, sta-
     15 ble, fast and powerful...
     16 
     17 I might make an encrypted install guide some time this week.  Al-
     18 though the handbook is great for a standard install, it's lacking
     19 cohesion with the full disk encryption guide. For example, timing
     20 and  configuration,  like how to properly configure grub and when
     21 should you install grub, or things like genkernel over dracut.  I
     22 would  have  appreciated  a straight forward guide on genkernel +
     23 grub + full disk encryption. I know every system is different, so
     24 maybe this will end up being more install notes and pointers than
     25 a full guide.
     26 
     27 linear.codes vs wrpr.us
     28 
     29 In other news, moving towards a full self hosted  home-lab  model
     30 means I no longer need my VPS. Now the decision I need to make is
     31 should  I  keep linear.codes. Pros: linear.codes is a pretty cool
     32 domain name, and I already use it for email and a searx instance,
     33 but not much more. Cons: it's expensive... 50 bucks per  renewal,
     34 now I know it's like a donation thing but still 50 bucks? wrpr.us
     35 is like 5. I'll probably wait till next year, pay the renewal fee
     36 and wonder if it's worth it again.
     37 
     38 Slow posts and expectations
     39 
     40 It's  already  been  a  more than a month, and more than a couple
     41 weeks since I started writing this. Updates and posts are  slower
     42 and  less than what I thought I would output. I haven't even made
     43 a personal post, the closest thing to a personal post is why site
     44 updates have been slow due to distro hopping to Gentoo.
     45