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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as NAS
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:37:14
Message-Id: 11689540.O9o76ZdvQC@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as NAS by "Matt Connell (Gmail)"
1 On Friday, 5 February 2021 03:34:12 GMT Matt Connell (Gmail) wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 01:06 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
3 > > > The plex-server ebuild appears to require systemd, but it isn't listed
4 > > > as a dependency. Am I missing something?
5 > >
6 > > Apparently so. The presence of the command systemd_newunit in the .ebuild
7 > >
8 > > doesn't mean that systemd is required.
9 >
10 > I am using plex-media-server from this overlay without systemd. It is
11 > not required.
12
13 Wouldn't a binary distro, potentially purpose built as a NAS and/or HTPC
14 offering, make more sense? I don't see what advantage the maintenance burden
15 of a Gentoo system has to offer in this use case, other than repurposing with
16 little effort an existing Gentoo installation. :-/

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[gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as NAS Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo as NAS "Matt Connell (Gmail)" <matthewdconnell@×××××.com>