Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 20, 2006 06:16 PM
Sorry, I disagree. I had a Gentoo server til a few months ago, that is now a Debian server. We installed software in the last year and got more or less everything working, but at some point those compiling orgies are a real PITA. Servers are all about having services online, and most users just don't care about the OS on the machine. When I need a mailserver, I'd like to see it online by the end of the day and not by the end of next week. I personally experienced less problems with Debian howto's, and I guess that has to do with release cycles. When you setup 3 Gentoo servers in a month, you usually have 3 different versions of your server software required 3 differents sets of settings, so at best you would require 3 different howto's. Yes, you can solve most of the problems in the Gentoo forum, but I think it seriously hinders productivity. Don't get me wrong. I'm a real Gentoo fan. I currently run an update on my laptop for a week now. I have a machine here doing nothing but compiling our Gentoo based distro, and still think catalyst is a great tool for creating your own livecd-based distro. But if I had an office with x desktop machines, I'd never wanted Gentoo on those machines. You usually have x different versions of each app on those machines and supporting this is a nightmare in my eyes.
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Re:Gentoo is great on the Server
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 20, 2006 06:16 PMDon't get me wrong. I'm a real Gentoo fan. I currently run an update on my laptop for a week now. I have a machine here doing nothing but compiling our Gentoo based distro, and still think catalyst is a great tool for creating your own livecd-based distro. But if I had an office with x desktop machines, I'd never wanted Gentoo on those machines. You usually have x different versions of each app on those machines and supporting this is a nightmare in my eyes.
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