Actually I would like to have a Gentoo Linux as a server... So I will have to install some packages needed especially for server (ssh, wget, iptables, dhcp ...)
I got the list of packages needed at http://www.subverted.net/wakka/wakka.php?wakka=SelectingPackages.
I am going to install Gentoo from stage1, but I do not now where to tell the Gentoo, that install only these (for server needed) packages ...
Well i'm not a gentoo expert, but i can tell you that stage 1 only installs about 8 or 9 packages, stage 2 about 71 further packages, which is very little IMHO, it doesn't even include a kernel logger or a cron daemon..
I've just setup my firewall, complete stage 2 including tarballs plus firewall plus a handsome of tools, that only requires about 750 MB.
I can't see big security problems using the default stage2 setup; even sshd isn't running after installing stage2. I heard several people using gentoo for production servers, but - i'm no expert.
Cheers..
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