On Sat, 06 May 2006 18:50:42 +0200
Morten Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Daniel Meyer wrote:
> > Any given distro has interesting features. I like the flexibility of
> > gentoo. I, on the other hand, appreciate the way (k)ubuntu goes. If i
> > have to install a system very quick and/or temporarily, i choose that
> > distro(s). Havent looked deep enough into them to use them on servers
> > and stuff... thats where i use gentoo :-)
> 
> gentoo? yuck. I find the concept moronic. source based distro. don't 
> make me laugh .. I can see the advantages from a maintainer point of 
> view, but as for a user.. no thanks.

I've tried once as a server, but learned the hard way that you *must* 
upgrade every 2-3 weeks, or updates will break soon (It was a remote 
server, so upgrading was.. thrilling).

my "will never forget" examples: 
- wget update; full v6 support!!!!111 but v4 support was broken... 
(and now try to grab new packages without a working downloader)
- mysql server had a memleak; no minor-updates available, so upgrading to next 
major version; ...and recompile all applications that use mysql :(
And no, it was _not_ a ~x86 system. (~x86 means: use testing packages)

Nowadays I'm using gentoo on my desktops, but avoid it on servers.

Olaf
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