I recently had a tech interview w. an organization that runs Gentoo on all its servers. Part of the interview was to login into a test box, build a LAMP server, install some software and upgrade some stuff.
This was my first time ever doing anything w. Gentoo and I was quite surprised by how different it was than say Debian or RH. Not to mention the lack of good documentation or what I call "build guides" that you can follow and will help you build out a server. Granted, they're never perfect but can usually get you 85% or more of the way home. So, my questions for discussion are: 1. Gentoo's claim to fame is that by compiling each package for the specific architecture that performance gains are realized. Has anyone found this to be empirically true? 2. If I were making the decisions on which Linux distro to run, I would choose one which I think would more people would tend to have experience with and that has a greater mindshare such as Debian or RH. 3. Does anyone have significant experience working on or supporting Gentoo? If so, what has your experience been? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
