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Re: [PLUG] Re: plug Digest, Vol 8, Issue 17
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On Thu, July 14, 2005 2:25 pm, Jeff Watson wrote:
> Recently tried using Vidalinux (http://desktop.vidalinux.com) it is
> supposed to be gentoo with a friendly installer. Being that i work all
> day the last thing i want to do is come home and fight compile errors.
> (vida is version 1.1... maybe i should wait a bit...) And i don't have
the > time to embark in the arduous
> gentoo install to see the same compile errors. Opinions on people's
> favourite package managers or replacement os's are welcome...
>
> -Jeff
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I have to agree with Luke - gentoo is awesome, and it beats any package
manager I've used (rpm, urpmi, apt). Not to mention that you get stable
yet recent packages.
I've been using Gentoo for over almost 2 years, and right now I'm deplying
it at my work place (first my workstation, then one of the file servers,
now one of the servers for a different dept, and soon an entire cluster
used for user computational needs). I have to admit that Gentoo was not
createad with an enterprise-use in mind, which is why I'm working on a few
scripts that will automate the process nicely (a bit better than a cron
job that does emege sync > /dev/null 2>&1 && emerge -v world >
/var/log/emerge.world.$$ 2>&1 :-P).
> The source-based distros appeal to me but they dont seem to
> work out in the long run.
May I ask why? With Gentoo I will go through one install, update on a
daily baisis, and _never_ have to go through an install again. With
Mandrake (for example) I have to reinstall the OS with every release.
Compile errors - I have to "build" servers (32-bit and 64-bit), and they
do all the compile for the workstations (main servers are independent
because they have almost USE=-*). I do the compile once on the build
servers (with the help of distcc from the rest of the machines) and then
never build again. When I install a new workstation I do emerge -vGe
system and it's done in about 10 minutes, with no compile errors :) I have
a local portage mirror (soon to be 2, and then make them global mirrors)
so all my traffic is internal...I love it!
Just my 2 cents on the matter..
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