Lol. +1 for gentoo though. I do find portage (basically ports) much better at handling non-standard setups with ou having to resort to RPMs from some obscure Russian site.
Just don't let them get too old - I just broke a box that I forgot to upgrade. ---------------------------------------------- Myles Eftos Mobile: +61-409-293-183 MadPilot Productions - Created to be Different URL: http://www.madpilot.com.au Phone: +618-6424-8234 Fax: +618-9467-6289 Try our time tracking system: 88 Miles! http://www.88miles.net On 01/12/2010, at 7:04, Lincoln Stoll <[email protected]> wrote: > Obligatory Gentoo Reference: http://funroll-loops.info/ > > Linc. > > On 01/12/2010, at 8:27 AM, Jason Stirk wrote: > >> A bit late I realise, but I figured I would throw in my 2c. >> >> We use Gentoo across the board as much as possible after moving from >> RH/Fedora. >> >> Gentoo appeals to me in that it works out of the box 99% of the time for the >> common case, but can easily be changed to handle more advanced needs without >> needing to abandon the package manager. >> >> eg. A lot of distros ship bind without DLZ support (ie. loading zone data >> from a DB like MySQL). Gentoo ships without it by default too, but it's a >> single flag to turn it on. The binary package distros I've used would >> require you to install bind from source, external to your package manager, >> and hope to hell nobody forgets and installs the package. >> >> This is where systems like RPM break down IMHO; you're on your own and have >> to build from source as soon as 1) you need a newer version than is provided >> officially, 2) you need a package not provided, or 3) you need a feature not >> enabled by default. You now need to remember whether a package is installed >> from source or from RPM. My experience is that all 3 of those options is >> almost a guarantee with distros like CentOS where they are very conservative >> about pushing new versions out (for good reason, considering they are >> pushing the Enterprise aspect). >> >> Another thing I like with Gentoo is that I can satisfy deps myself (eg. >> ruby) and tell the package manager that it's provided already, and >> everything just keeps working (with no risk of someone else trying to >> install it over the top). >> >> It also pleases me that I can install ImageMagick without it bringing in >> every freaking X and Gnome library ever written (RH/Fedora, I'm looking at >> you...). >> >> That said, Gentoo certainly isn't for someone who doesn't have a lot of >> experience with Linux, or generally just needs what the defaults give them. >> >> Works well for us though. >> >> All the best, >> Jason >> >> On 27 November 2010 18:43, Mikel Lindsaar <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi RoRoers, >> >> Quick survey, what is your current deployment OS of choice and why? >> >> Reason I ask is there is a lot of movement recently, my current deployment >> OS of choice is CentOS, but it is getting a bit long in the tooth and >> sometimes has interesting yum problems on updating software, I can get >> anything I want installed of course using direct installs, but would like to >> get a bit of feedback from our community on what you are using these days. >> >> For some reason, I look at Ubuntu as just a desktop OS, I know this is >> irrational, but I have been seeing more and more ubuntu installs on screen >> casts and the like, are people using this because they find it easier? Are >> they (gasp) running the GUI on it in production? What is the attraction >> here? >> >> >> Mikel Lindsaar >> http://rubyx.com/ >> http://lindsaar.net/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
