On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:39:07 +0000, Gregory Shearman wrote:
> On 2008-11-28, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:26:29 -0500, Sandeep Kumar wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't disagree with you on your statements, but I wouldn't go as far
>>> as to say an expert.
>>> That would be Gentoo or Linux from scratch.
>>
>> I don't know about LFS, but this is a Gentoo quad core workstation:-
>> tp@gronk1 ~ $ uname -a
>> Linux gronk1 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 7 01:24:52 EST
>> 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel
>> GNU/Linux
>
> You are running an old kernel on that workhorse.
Yeah, but it's a production box, I'll upgrade the kernel when there is a
feature I can't live without.
This Linux box processes WiFi orders every day, designs networks and
draws them, it is used to write crappy Perl code and do 100 other tasks.
>
>>> The biggest problem a noob will have with Slack is figuring out what
>>> the packages do and which ones are the ones worth installing etc.
>>
>> Compared to Gentoo Portage, all the Slackware package managers suck.
>
> Don't know much about slackware.
I like Slackware, simple and unhelpful, perfect for a server.
> Gentoo Portage is brilliant.
I'ts bloody good, and improving all the time.
I keep trying to go to Slackware with pkgSRC (Draco Linux), but don't
have the time for all the set up. It's running on KVM/Qemu on this box,
and I'm really impressed with it.
>
>> I find that most Linux Distros are usually easy to install and hard to
>> admin, or the reverse, with the exception of Debian, which is pretty
>> easy to install and admin.
>
> Gentoo is a breeze to admin and I find it easy to install (if rather
> time consuming).
Agreed, the install is dead easy, just takes time. I know the process off
by heart now.
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