On Friday, May 28, 2010, Jesse Farinacci wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Chris Knadle
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > True. But when it comes to upgrading a really old box, nothing
> > compares to the problems you'll have on Gentoo. Nothing.
>
> *snickers* I think Gentoo gets a bad rap in this respect.
You're right. Most of what I hear from others concerning Gentoo has
been negative. Over the years I've heard a litany of complaints about
Gentoo upgrade issues people have experienced. I have a tremendous
amount of respect for Gentoo (especially for their documentation), but
I've got a lot of reservations about using it for anything important.
[Admittedly I haven't run it in years -- I tried to install it again
two years ago, but the default kernel with Gentoo couldn't talk to the
IDE controller for the computer I was trying to install it on.]
Just out of curiosity, I'd like your personal take on the following
link (which concerns a Gentoo developer who is very unhappy with the
methods used for Gentoo package ownership and maintainership), which
was posted to LILUG si-sig with the statement:
"(This post highlights most of what I've been trying but
unable to fully articulate about why the distro is completely
unsuitable for any computer in any datacenter anywhere ever.)"
http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/02/22/what-s-wrong-with-gentoo-anyway
...
> The OP asked which native distribution would be best suited for
> a deployment of high performance KVM-managed guests
Look again. He asked for what was "best", not "high performance".
Not the same thing.
> , which Gentoo
> is obviously the winner, and being KVM capable pretty much rules
> out any machine that would be a challenge for Gentoo
> installation/maintenance.
The OP is most familiar with Ubuntu, AFAIK has never run Gentoo, and
you shot him an "off the cuff" answer of "Gentoo is fastest" which is
not enough information for someone who isn't familiar with it.
Gentoo often causes admins pitfalls, and that needs to be considered
before choosing it. By "selling" Gentoo is this "off the cuff" way
without explaining anything, I believe you're hurting your own cause
in the end.
-- Chris
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Chris Knadle
[email protected]
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