On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:30:03 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tue 16 August 2011 11:15:21 Joost Roeleveld did opine thusly: > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 02:10:18 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Mon 15 August 2011 21:48:30 Michael Mol did opine thusly: > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Adam Carter > > > > <adamcart...@gmail.com>> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > http://www.itworld.com/open-source/193823/how-linux-mast > > > > > ered-wal l-street > > > > > > > > This is related to a question I wanted to poll the list > > > > with. How does everybody here use Gentoo? For personal use? > > > > Production use? For server, desktop or embedded roles? > > > > What's your most interesting setup or use case? > > > > > > > > I had Gentoo on both my desktop and HTPC, but I had to > > > > cannibalize the HTPC for parts, so now it's just on my > > > > primary desktop box.> > > > > > > All my personal machines have run gentoo for 6 or more years now > > > plus my dev VMs. At work, it's encouraged for the dev > > > environments too. > > > > > > I was interested to read that NASDAQ runs a "modified" Gentoo > > > and > > > wondered "what does an unmodified stock Gentoo look like". Then > > > I > > > realised I was being silly, there's no such thing :-) > > > > Wouldn't that be what someone ends with after following the install > > guide? In other words, stage3? > > Well I'm being tongue-in-cheek :-)
So was I, how much use is a stage3 install? > We all modify Gentoo to our own tastes, some a little some a lot. I tend to change what I want changing, not sure if that is classed as a little or a lot. I think I'd be somewhere in the middle of those 2 extremes ;) -- Joost PS. I am thankfull for finding Gentoo, or I'd have ended up with LFS...
