mbrewer ↙↙↙#Gentoo
If you fight with your package manager frequently and sometimes even win, Gentoo might be the right distro for you.
If you compile software manually because you want options your package manager lacks (or want such software managed as a package), Gentoo might be the distro for you.
1/5
If you want to dramatically reduce dependency hell yet still share libraries or hate containerization, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
If you just can't stand the cruft you don't use being on your system, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
2/5
If you want some of your software to be bleeding edge, but the rest stable, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
If you enjoy fiddling and tweaking, and want to learn more about Linux, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
3/5
If you think flatpak is dumb because you just build the software yourself, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
If you think abstraction layers are usually "obstruction" layers, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
4/5
If you want to avoid LLM code, Microsoft (moved off github), and maximum user control, Gentoo might be the distro for you.
If you don't want systemd (though you can if you want), Gentoo might be for you
4/5
If you want it to "just work", a minimum of maintenance, rarely use the system, the system is usually off, or nothing I've said sounds like you... Gentoo is probably not the distro for you.
5/5