Here's my experience with Gentoo. Aaron, stop smiling... I'd like to run Oracle, but it's not supported on Gentoo. I'd like to run ColdFusion, but it's not supported either. I'd like to run Samsung Contact, but it isn't supported.
Each of these three is supported on either Red Hat or Suse, since they are the 2 largest distros in the world. I'd argue that RH is most commonly used as a desktop or when people are initially experimenting, and Suse is most commonly used once a Linux commitment is actually made. Frankly, RH's actions over the past maybe 2 years have pissed me off to the point that I have zero interest in working with them. That started with BlueCurve, got a whole lot worse with the "fill out this survey or we cut off your RHN account" and was cemented with dropping support for their last SEVERAL (including current) generation of products effective almost immediately. That leaves Suse as a common, well known, and generally supported distro. So (mostly for Aaron's benefit) why Gentoo? Gentoo is lightning fast, and simple to maintain. I assume LFS would be equally customizeable, but not much else is. I like Gentoo because they're generally ahead of the curve in terms of adopting new functionality. Gentoo has literally zero bloat, and I feel comfortable arguing that it has fewer security concerns because it such a minimalistic installation. My experience with Gentoo's support (IRC, then Phone) cemented my choice for Gentoo, and I do not regret it. If I could get Oracle, CF and/or SC running on it, I would, but it is beyond my skill level to force them to install somewhere they don't want to. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) cost effective linux box > Why Suse? features, more stable then X distro? > > Evan Brown > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:42:53 -0700, Kevin Anderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think it would be a mistake to run anything except Gentoo or Suse. In > > the > > environment I assume you're in, I'd recommend Suse, though I run Gentoo > > corporately and am extremely happy with it. > > > > Kev. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Evan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:15 PM > > Subject: (clug-talk) cost effective linux box > > > > > >> Hi guys > >> > >> Since I've suddenly started having all kinds of trouble with my kernel > >> panicing after a power outage last week. I was trying all kinds of stuff > >> this morning but I think that it might be the hardware and not the > >> software thats weird. I thought that it might be a cron job that was > >> killing my machine but it doesn't look like it now. What do I need to > >> buy > >> for a web/file server and where should I go, it has to be relatively > >> cheap > >> but maybe not as cheap as this one($500)? I came to realize that after > >> building this box, Linux likes to have more "name brand" parts to make > >> it > >> really feel good. I'm currently running RH8, since they are dropping > >> service for this distro soon I figure maybe time to move on to another > >> one, any suggestions? > >> > >> Evan Brown > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
