I see your point. While I'm not really a Gentoo user, I like the idea of having more (rather than less) control of what goes on your system, even if that means putting in a bit more effort.
As for ISPs that use Gentoo, I think vr.org (a site I saw advertised on Gentoo.org) offers hosting. Granted, they're the exception, rather than the rule... Jeff Lasman wrote: > On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:52 pm, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. wrote: > > >>Anyone use Knoppix to install Gentoo? >> >>Just found this while googling >> >>http://slicer.homeip.net/FILES/Installing_Gentoo.htm > > > Very interesting. > > We use linux in two specific areas: > > 1) I set up desktop systems for myself and my friends (and I'm > considering instlaling it on a used Dell laptop I've recently > purchased). > > 2) I set up and manage linux-powered systems for shared and dedicated > website hosting. > > Gentoo really doesn't fit into either of these areas for me; after I set > up desktop systems for my friends I want to be able to forget about > them, and I want my friends to be able to forget about them. For that > reason I use Knoppix to install Knoppix (on the hard disk of course) > and then set up automatic updating with apt-get. > > As far as webhosting is concerned, for most of our clients we install > hosting control panels. There are several on the market, and that's > why these days when you host a website you can log in yourself and make > all the changes to your account. None that I know of support Gentoo > and even if they did I'm not sure I'd want to forgo the ease of > updating I get with apt-get, and with yum. > > But that's just my business experience <smile>. I'd love to have more > time to be a comptuer hobbyist, and I'd love to hear from others, and > maybe take the time to build a Gentoo desktop myself some day. > > Jeff
