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  Christof Dietrich

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  29 Mar 2005, 09:42 am

  Hossa!!

  Has anybody of you tried the gentoo distribution??? (http://www.gentoo.org)
  Although the installation is not as easy as with the Suse distribution you'll be happy with the handling of configuration files and the update/package management.
  bye
  christof
  
  Christof Dietrich wrote: > Has anybody of you tried the gentoo distribution??? (www.gentoo.org) > Although the installation is not as easy as with the Suse > distribution you'll be happy with the handling of configuration files > and the update/package management. > bye > christof
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  Christof Dietrich

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  30 Mar 2005, 09:36 am

  the awardwinner

  Thank you for the award!
  
  Isn't control the most important thing a admin should have?? After all, if one manages the installation (I agree, it isn't that easy) one ends up with a extremely stable, fast (Compiler options to fiddle around) and reliable system.
  In my Opinion this all is worth the trouble, and in addition to that you learn a lot about the system.
  
  bye
  
  Christof Dietrich wrote: > Thank you for the award! > > Isn't control the most important thing a admin should have?? After > all, if one manages the installation (I agree, it isn't that easy) > one ends up with a extremely stable, fast (Compiler options to fiddle > around) and reliable system. > In my Opinion this all is worth the trouble, and in addition to that > you learn a lot about the system. > > bye
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  Nicholas Fechner    Premium Member

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  11 Jul 2005, 10:04 pm

  Re: the awardwinner

  Hi,
  
  Christof Dietrich wrote:
  Isn't control the most important thing a admin should have?? Actually, control alone does not go very far. Because in order to reach a secure state,
  one would be required to inspect the sourcecode of the software. If you don't, the only
  other option you have is to trust the supplier of the packages. And that you have to decide
  whether you trust the maintainer in either case, be it a binary oder a source-based distro.
  And time is also an important factor for most system administrators. And that is something
  you waste by using Gentoo.
  
  all, if one manages the installation (I agree, it isn't that easy) one ends up with a extremely stable, fast (Compiler options to fiddle around) and reliable system. My own experience with both Debian (which we use on all servers) and Gentoo is, that
  the speedup is almost negible.
  
  In my Opinion this all is worth the trouble, and in addition to that you learn a lot about the system. I think this is the only valid point one can make for Gentoo. You really learn a lot. But that
  does not make it a useful distribution for production servers.
  
  Nicholas Fechner
  
  Nicholas Fechner wrote: > Hi, > > Christof Dietrich wrote: > > Isn't control the most important thing a admin should have?? > Actually, control alone does not go very far. Because in order to > reach a secure state, > one would be required to inspect the sourcecode of the software. If > you don't, the only > other option you have is to trust the supplier of the packages. And > that you have to decide > whether you trust the maintainer in either case, be it a binary oder > a source-based distro. > And time is also an important factor for most system administrators. > And that is something > you waste by using Gentoo. > > > all, if one manages the installation (I agree, it isn't that easy) > > one ends up with a extremely stable, fast (Compiler options to fiddle > > around) and reliable system. > My own experience with both Debian (which we use on all servers) and > Gentoo is, that > the speedup is almost negible. > > > In my Opinion this all is worth the trouble, and in addition to that > > you learn a lot about the system. > I think this is the only valid point one can make for Gentoo. You > really learn a lot. But that > does not make it a useful distribution for production servers. > > Nicholas Fechner
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