What difference is there between going production with a Gentoo box, and going into production with a RH box which has similarly been brought up to the same software package levels? The RPMs are often useless because they are built without options I need, because they are designed for the base RH install. I took ACL support as an example. If I run Gentoo, I need to manually compile a kernel, then manually compile Samba. If I use Red Hat, I need to Manually compile a (patched) kernel, then manually compile Samba.
What's the difference? Am I totally blind, or is this not the same situation either way? I can totally understand not wanting to emerge sync && emerge update world every night, but otherwise, why the heck wouldn't I run Gentoo, I see no difference. Neither is a plain box release. Neither is likely to be well supported. Based on the response I had with the Compaq thing under Gentoo, I suspect they'd take it more seriously when I called to say "Listen, I'm running a non-standard kernel, with these patches. I'm running a non-standard version of Samba with these config options. It ain't working, why not?" Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:52 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > Yep, Gentoo is for the home hacker. You put Gentoo on a production > server/workstation and you are just begging for trouble, it's also way too > bleeding edge for that. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Monday 02 December 2002 09:32, Kevin Anderson wrote: > >> 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 > > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > > > "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" > > - Albert Einstein > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE965B51rcusafx20MRAhTnAJoDcFQEhPsCtOleK488Gb+O0i87FQCfUstv > > Llm8qP++/dPSl2PDQDwJ9KM= > > =nc+P > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > >
