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On Wednesday 04 February 2009 01:48:34 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> So all in all, I agree. Using Gentoo is nowadays not so much a matter |
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> of performance optimization but of better control of how to build the |
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> packages and the rolling release nature (I'm tired of major updates |
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> every 6 months in the majority of binary distros.) I also like the USE |
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> flags which let me chose how to build something and get rid of |
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> dependencies I don't need. Administrative features like dispatch-conf |
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> are also very useful. |
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This is the main benefit of Gentoo for me. I have to use SuSE or RHEL at work |
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for the database machines - Sybase will not support any other other distro - |
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and the 1G+ base install from those distros drive me nuts. Contrast that with |
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the DNS caches which run FreeBSD, the difference is about a factor of 5 if |
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not more. |
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I also get sick and tired of installing postfix on a database machine purely |
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to send nagios alerts, and watching the distro "helpfully" want to pull in |
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PostgreSQL, MySQL, LDAP, SASL, Courier and some fancy MTA-switcher thingy. |
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All because the maintainer enables those features and now I gotta have them. |
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No thanks. Rather give me USE so I say what goes on the box. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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