> > Sure, but if I want that Gentoo box to have a GUI (I don't, but lets > > compare apples to apples), My post install includes 4 hours of compiling > > various KDE pieces. Then configuring, etc. > > exactly why considering Gentoo as a desktop option (or even a server option) > in a business setting is, IMO, rediculous. > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo
I also occurs to me... How many times have you been asked about upgrading to KDE3, in situation where people tried, but failed miserably? I bet I can DL and build faster than they can upgrade. Once running, I find Gentoo easier. Compile time is irrelevant, it can happen at night the same as backups. I update sync at midnight every night. Then in the AM, I can emerge -p system, and I immediately know which packages are out of date. If it's important, then I can get them. Otherwise, I can just ignore everything. Realistically, how many boxes are processor constrained? Especially servers? Linux runs on a 386sx with 8 Megs of RAM, maybe less. If I have an box full of Processors with 2.5 Gigs of RAM, who cares if it spends an hour compiling something? Nobody would notice even if I did it during production hours. (Creating a .tar.gz of basically the entire box on the other hand... That was an intentional test though) Kev.
