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[Aaron Grewell]

> Personally, I can't detect any difference between the RPM install and the 
> Gentoo build and rsync to all your (100's) servers.  The principle of the 
> conservation of hair still applies.  It is tricky at one point but it is 
> simpler at another.  Same, same.  The only problem occurs if you 100's of 
> servers are all different hardware.

The end result would be the same, yes.  I'm actually not doing hundreds
of servers, I think that was the Llama.  Don't get us confused, you'll
offend him. ;->

> On the topic of server down time, like most of you, I have been
responsible 
> for a 24x7x366 server running services.  To say that there are not down,
or 
> light, times is silly.

But so is compiling on production boxes.  I see from your commentary
above that you're not suggesting that, but I think that was where the
discussion started.  Gentoo or not, most admins would build any
necessary source offline.


> I just want a system that works (tm).  Both desktop and server.  I like my

> gentoo install but it is currently a royal pita.  I also use SuSE and
slack. 
> There are drawbacks to every system.  Linux has fewer drawbacks than
Windoze. 
>   Bottom line.

I found Gentoo burdensome as a client as well, but that's mostly about
my tendency to screw up my Linux workstation every couple of months. The
package thing was actually pretty neat, I just hated reinstalling.
Servers are a different matter, since I don't toy with my production
boxes until they're nonfunctional.