Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

[Mark Kirkwood]

Dale wrote:

>
> As someone who started out using Mandrake, I have to say that using
> Gentoo has been a LOT easier.  Yea, I had to learn how to use Gentoo and
> it is different from Mandrake by far but it is a whole lot easier to
> manage.  I have been using Gentoo for about 2 or 3 years for my desktop
> and I would not consider switching to any other distro.  I spend a lot
> less time messing with my Gentoo install that I did Mandrake.  The
> upgrade process with Mandrake was . . . . a disaster.  From what I
> understand Redhat and Mandrake are pretty close.  I certainly wouldn't
> switch to Redhat then.
>
> As for security, I have had several times that my internet connection
> was messed up and the md5 sums didn't match.  Portage didn't hesitate to
> delete those puppies and let me know that something was changed.  It
> would seem to me that it would be difficult for someone to change the
> source code on one server then change the other files on the rsync
> server so they both match up.
>
> Well, that my $0.02 worth.  Some of what is being said just doesn't make
> sense to me at all.  Gentoo is a lot better than some distros.  It
> certainly beats windoze.

Gotta second that - I have used Mandrake and Redhat, and Gentoo is such 
a better way - *once* you spend the time to understand why it is like it is!

As for comments about portage sync etc producing destroyed|mangled|buggy 
systems - well *any* update system can do that from time to time (ask 
windows update users after xp sp2 came out...) A sane test-before-deploy 
plan is essential for any large scale environment - ISTM that this is 
just as straightforard in Gentoo as any other Linux distro....

So, I see no reason why ya can't use Gentoo in a corporate environment!

Cheers

Mark
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