I agree with you. :) I have learned my way thru linux and have set up Gentoo a number of times now and I love it... BUT. (you knew it was coming)
It is NOT for total newbies lol. If you know your way around the filesystem, can do a kernel reconfigure and compile, have ever used the chroot command, can compile a program from command prompt, know wtf sysctl.conf is for, can talk competently about various linux distros for more than 5 min, you get my idea.... know what the hell your doing first then get into gentoo if you wanna try it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ian mu Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] server hosting question. Sort of off topic, but not really as its relevant to the first question asked. I'm sorry but Gentoo is just plain wrong for new people. It takes ages, lulls you into a false sense of security that you know more than the people that actually make specific server installs for example (why do gentoo users think they know more than the people who make the dists? Most I meet don't know that much beyond following some tutorial about how to install Gentoo, and then suddenly feel empowered because they learnt one way of doing something oO). It's cobblers. Don't fall for it, use gentoo when you feel competent at linux and all involved, and "then" you can make the most of it and its a good dist, and ignore the muppets who consider the way to go is to learn by mistakes. Thats fine on your own PC and time its a great way to learn definitely, but not when providing a service to others. Bottom line for me is this...would I rent a server off someone who claimed to know gentoo? Not on your nelly. Some do yes. But there's a hell of a lot more that don't. At least those who go for a distro set up immediately for a server know they at least have a chance of providing a service whilst they learn. Start from a solid ground up. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
