Here's my $0.02. I would advocate people use debian, slackware or the redhat/fedora derived solutions. Gentoo is nice, but it's not an end-user variant of linux.
At the time we had to decide what to support, Gentoo was (and is) the linux we have local sysadmin support for, so it was a no brainer. Now we're getting support for desktop debian installs, we're probably going to consider moving node/desktop installs from Gentoo to debian. We'll continue gentoo support, but we will only use it inhouse for servers -- because of a schizophrenic support model we have (servers run by one group, desktops by another). That bit of hairy detail being said, I would vote debian if anyone cares. You should not consider this an official endorsement of debian over gentoo, just the private musings of a madman with email. --Ivan > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gavin W. Burris aka 86 > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:50 AM > To: Steve Smith > Cc: Monika Rabarison; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora > > I second the suggestion for Debian. I just reinstalled my > room based node with my audio and video machines with Debian. > Please feel free to send me questions. > > I recommend you use the pre-rc2 netinst CD image: > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre -rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso > > Cheers. > > Steve Smith wrote (on Sat, 16 Oct 2004 at 15:32): > > Monika Rabarison wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Thinking about upgrading the "good old" Linux capture > boxes to 2.3, > > > what would you guys suggest Gentoo or Fedora? Any pros and cons? > > > > Another option is Debian (AG packages available at > > http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/debian). The main pros are those of > > Debian: ease of upgrade (no need to do re-installs), good security > > support, large number of supported packages. The main con has > > traditionally been the difficulty of installation (this is > much better > > with the recent beta installers). Also, the next stable > release isn't > > actually out yet, although it should be soon. > > > > There are also packages available for Slackware, which has good > > support and a shorter release cycle if you prefer that. > > > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > > -- > Gavin W. Burris aka 86 > Senior Systems Programmer > Penn State Visualization Group > http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in > >
