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I bet many Gentoo users can't even verbalize the real reason they love it so much. The real reason is FREEDOM. I've been using Gentoo exclusively for the past 4 years, and I only remember how much I appreciate it when I try to install another distro. Ever tried to install a simple image viewer, and have the dependencies include 50 unrelated packages, including audio editing packages, and Evolution? Wonder why sendmail is installed by default? It never fails... The only way to get the software installed that I REALLY WANT is to use Gentoo. Forget about compiler optimizations and the other crap ignorant non-users complain about-- I only know of one mainstream distro that allows me do do WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT with no fuss, and that's Gentoo.

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