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On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:38:15PM -0500, Brett Simpson wrote: |
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> This quote was made by Daniel Robbins in an OSNews article. |
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> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1080 |
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> "Gentoo Linux is currently a "bleeding-edge" type distro. It makes Gentoo |
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> Linux the ideal distribution for hobbyists who get lots of cool toys before |
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> everyone else, but makes Gentoo Linux a questionable choice for production |
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> server environments," |
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[..] |
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> Since this was based off of Gentoo 1.0 how relevant is this for the |
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> current 1.4 release in a production server environment? |
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Gentoo Portage is already in use for production environments. It is not |
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Gentoo by itself, but nevertheless an important item. |
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http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03/11/06/0254253.shtml |
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The reason I mention this here is because the use of Gentoo in production |
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server environments is restricted to the ability of the system administrator |
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to clearly define what he needs and doesn't need for his servers. |
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Portage is flexible enough to fit in almost every situation, and therefor |
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Gentoo is flexible enough too. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good. |
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(oo) Sven Vermeulen |
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(__) http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Documentation Project |
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