Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 20, 2006 12:39 AM
I installed Gentoo on my server to replace Suse. The reasons for this were that the machine was my old desktop, and so I wanted to get the most out of its more limited CPU and hard drive. I found Gentoo excellent for the following reasons:
1) I now have a far better understanding of how Linux works underneath. It is a necessary part of doing the install to know where to configure everything.
2) The server flys along quickly and happily, with little or no interference from me.
3) The Gentoo documentation is excellent - better than any other distro I have seen. In fact I often use the Gentoo docs if I need help doing things in other distros.
I have the following caveats however:
a) The server Gentoo install is a headless install - I really couldn't be bothered to do a full KDE install on it, simply due to the size of the download and time it takes to compile.
b) I don't upgrade all of the packages on a regular basis - only when I *need* the new features. In my experience upgrading a perfectly functional system is a recipe for a lot of potential work to get it all working correctly!
In short, I find Gentoo an excellent server distro, especially if you need to use older hardware. I use Ubuntu on my desktop however.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 20, 2006 12:39 AM1) I now have a far better understanding of how Linux works underneath. It is a necessary part of doing the install to know where to configure everything.
2) The server flys along quickly and happily, with little or no interference from me.
3) The Gentoo documentation is excellent - better than any other distro I have seen. In fact I often use the Gentoo docs if I need help doing things in other distros.
I have the following caveats however:
a) The server Gentoo install is a headless install - I really couldn't be bothered to do a full KDE install on it, simply due to the size of the download and time it takes to compile.
b) I don't upgrade all of the packages on a regular basis - only when I *need* the new features. In my experience upgrading a perfectly functional system is a recipe for a lot of potential work to get it all working correctly!
In short, I find Gentoo an excellent server distro, especially if you need to use older hardware. I use Ubuntu on my desktop however.
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