Many Linux distributions provide an installation system akin to that provided with other modern operating systems. Other distributions, including Gentoo Linux, provide only the binaries of a basic kernel, compilation tools, and an installer; the installer compiles all the requested software for the specific architecture of the user's computer, using these tools and the software's source code.
many linux distributions provide an installation system akin to that provided with other modern operating systems other distributions including gentoo linux provide only the binaries of a basic kernel compilation tools and an installer; the installer compiles all the requested software for the specific architecture of the user's computer using these tools and the software's source code