On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:29, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:15 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost Roeleveld > did opine thusly: > >> On Friday 10 June 2011 12:13:22 Perenaster wrote: >> > Hey, >> > I dont't know if this is the right list I'm writing to but I want to use >> > Gentoo as server. My aim is a small as possible installation of an OS >> > with only the modules I want. So I thought Gentoo might be the OS of >> > choice. Is it suitable for an server or should I look for an other >> > distro? >> > Is there anything in particular that I have to mention at the >> > installation? Thanks in advance, >> > Tom >> >> Hi Tom, >> >> Gentoo is quite usable as a Server. I use it as such myself. > > Funny think about Gentoo is that it can save you a few MB of disk space by > removing things you don't need. > > But it consumes 3GB of disk space to do it. >
Heh, I personally don't really care about hard disk usage. All I know is, compared to other 'server'-oriented distros (or distro variant), Gentoo has the least amount of memory usage :-) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com
