That's about the best answer of all, perhaps. Kev.
----- Original Message ----- From: "S�bastien Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 4:32 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work You could use SuSE, it comes with those packages configured properly ;-) Le 2 D�cembre 2002 16:12, vous avez �crit : > 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-----
