I migrated to Gentoo to achieve the same minimalism and modularity as Alpine with musl, OpenRC, and hardened toolchains. This was also motivated by community governance. I prefer Gentoo's politically neutral, meritocratic approach over distros like Alpine, Void and (now sadly also) Artix, which increasingly enforce strict Codes of Conduct and make ideologically driven packaging decisions, such as rejecting XLibre. While Gentoo's Python-based Portage system and slow default search commands present a slight learning curve, these are easily mitigated using optimized tools like eix. Ultimately, Gentoo offers the optimal balance of deep technical customization and community neutrality. Gentoo is the final perfect distro of /g/.
Alpine:
>Alpine is active in progressive politics
>lead dev Ariadne Conill is an openly transgender woman
>vocal about LGBTQ rights and diversity
>distro uses a strict code of conduct based on Contributor Covenant
>strict enforcement of code of conduct results in bans
>devs rejected XLibre
>XLibre is a fork of Xorg created by devs alienated by DEI statements
>XLibre explicitly markets itself as apolitical and without DEI influence
>an Alpine dev stated merging XLibre would be a code of conduct violation
>dev stated XLibre represents an unacceptable ideology
>build logs and official channels have displayed pride flags
>official channels have displayed Black Lives Matter references
>one dev used an email address with word gay in it
>a commit was authored by a user named Gay Pride
>official Fosstodon account posted happy pride month with a transgender flag emoji
>Alpine community has a significant number of prominent LGBTQ devs
Gentoo:
>Gentoo distro is historically viewed by traditionalists as a pure meritocracy
>a high barrier to entry filters out non-technical users from Gentoo community
>most controversies surrounding distro are technical, not cultural
>Gentoo forum culture skews heavily toward anti-woke viewpoints
