This is the journey of me installing Gentoo

Is Gentoo the endgame of Linux distros? Yes? It depends on how one thinks. I like how Gento gives all the options for the user to choose from. The way they think about their operating system can change their perspective on how to use it. If they want to use it as a headless server, they can do that. Is there anything they want? They can achieve it with patience and perseverance. So this is my journey to install Gentoo. 

Day 1 (29 August 2020)

First of all, I wanted to install Gentoo because I'm having trouble making grub directly show the menu. (Currently, I got the simple fix by typing "exit" at the "gnu grub version 2.04" screen. I know it's not a permanent solution, but I will look forward to fixing it if I have time to read the manual for GRUB). So, I decided to install Gentoo so I could learn things about Linux. This thought has been floating around in my head for a very long time, but I just didn't dare to initiate it because, at that time, I was afraid of how tedious and how hard it was to install Gentoo, although the Gentoo Handbook has stated everything. But now things have changed. I wanted to step up my knowledge of Linux. So what I did was go into the browser and search for "how to install Gentoo". The first result appeared to be the Gentoo Handbook. HAHAHAHA. I guess I can't get away from this guide. I started to read into that. To try to uplift my confidence, I searched for videos regarding installing Gentoo. And this is where I came across this underrated Youtuber.

I watched the video of this awesome Youtuber named "Jeff No Zhao". Basically, what he tried to do in that video was make the installation of Gentoo easier, although he said the method that he's about to show in the video is not new. It has started to get popular in recent months, which can reduce the hassle of installing Gentoo.

The progress has begun by installing a live version of Ubuntu on my 16GB Pendrive. I went and set up all the necessary things such as WiFi and Spotify (and yea, I needed it for music, but at the end I didn't use it because I was trying to listen to what he was trying to say.) Everything was a smooth sail until I bumped my Live Boot USB, and then it disconnected by itself. Then my laptop screen went black, and everything went poof. I was sad and had a headache at the same time. So, I went to sleep early. I didn't expect things to go south. On the silver lining, at least I learned something at the end of the day of using Ubuntu to install Gentoo.

I bet my future self reading this will cringe at what I did. LMAO but anyway it is a learning process. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

**TD:LR**

This is first time i install my Gentoo and i made no progress at all but at least i learned something from installing Gentoo.

Day 2 (1 September 2020)

 

I'm back as I made a promise to myself to install Gentoo. Before that, I was busy the whole day, so I couldn't have my time to install and read the Gentoo Handbook. I rewatched the video and read the Handbook on my own. I got to the point where I had to configure the kernel. I have a problem where after I did the emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data and I reached the part "Configure locales" after I finished editing the locale.

I watched his part where he mentioned the configuration of the "fstab" file. I read in the handbook that the "fstab" file must be configured before you use the "genkernel-all" command to compile a kernel. But then when I tried to install NetworkManager, it got one error message, and I assumed that error was not a big deal. But it gave me the sense that something might go wrong. which is

*setlocale: unsupported locale setting*
*setlocale: unsupported locale setting*

That kinda annoys me then I looked upon the Gentoo forum tried to search for the solution and with no luck at all. So after 2 hours of troubleshooting. I just set these: *LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_MESSAGES, LC_PAPER, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_MEASUREMENT, LC_IDENTIFICATION* to *en_US.UTF-8*. and apparently, the error message when I recompile NetworkManager disappeared! (Because I fixed the variables in the *02locales* file.) I can't wait for tomorrow to configure the kernel. 

 

 

Day X (X)