Gentoo Linux vs Linux Kernel

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Gentoo Linux

Stacks64

Followers78

Votes41

Linux Kernel

Stacks74

Followers81

Votes2

Gentoo Linux vs Linux Kernel: What are the differences?

What is Gentoo Linux? Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else—whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution..

What is Linux Kernel? Linux Online. Development on the LInux kernel.

Gentoo Linux and Linux Kernel can be categorized as "Operating Systems" tools.

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Jennifer

Mar 16, 2020

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Netdata introduces Linux eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) monitoring. With this enabled, monitor real-time metrics of Linux kernel functions and actions from the very same monitoring and troubleshooting dashboard used for watching entire systems, or even entire infrastructures.

This collector uses eBPF to monitor system calls inside your operating system’s kernel. For now, the main goal of this plugin is to monitor IO and process management on the host where it is running.

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Detailed Comparison

Gentoo Linux	Linux Kernel
It is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need.	Development on the LInux kernel.
Development made easy;Cross-compilation made easy;High performance;Great support of hardware;High availability of modern packages;System consistency;Modular init system	-
Statistics
Stacks 64	Stacks 74
Followers 78	Followers 81
Votes 41	Votes 2
Pros & Cons
Pros 3 Portage package manager 3 OpenRC or systemd init 3 Control 2 Supports distributing compiling tasks 2 Customizable Cons 2 No guided installation 2 Circular dependancy conflicts 2 Dated documentation 1 Vulnerabilities related to its specific toolchains 1 System maintenance	Pros 1 The best 1 Sometimes you just have to write your own drivers
Integrations
Microsoft Azure Jenkins Hyper	No integrations available

What are some alternatives to Gentoo Linux, Linux Kernel?

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.

Linux Mint

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.

Linux

A clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.

CoreOS

It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.

Alpine Linux

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

Manjaro

It is an accessible, friendly, open-source Linux distribution and community. Based on Arch Linux, it provides all the benefits of cutting-edge software combined with a focus on getting started quickly, automated tools to require less manual intervention, and help readily available when needed.