On 12/1/2009 10:08 AM, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: > <soapbox> > I personally use Gentoo for all my Linux needs.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I'll add a 'me too' here. I've been using Gentoo only for our in house servers since 2005. They've all been through 2 major GCC version updates, and I've honestly never had a serious problem. A rolling release distro like Gentoo is really easy to keep completely up to date, and I never have to worry about being forced to use old/outdated software. > There are several reasons for this. > 1. It forces you to learn Linux. The handbook gives a great > walk-through of how to set it up. > 2. It is multi-platform; x86(_64), sparc(64), ppc(64), alpha, etc. > 3. It is a build from source distro, but you don't need to know how. > The Portage system takes care of individual packages and dependencies. > You can tune and rebuild the entire system, if desired. > 4. The base install is minimal; compile tools, python, perl and common > commands. > You get what you need, nothing more. > 5. There is a security team in place to monitor vulnerabilities. > 6. There is no "OS upgrade". Only package updates. > It will happily work forever updating single packages when *you* want. > There is still an easy way to update everything as well. > 7. There are stable, testing and experimental types of packages. All of > which are easily accessible. > 8. Tracking down dependencies is a non-issue. > </soapbox> > > I know other alternatives, such as FreeBSD, would also work well.
