[gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-22 Thread Regis Decamps
qfpvajdy wrote: Hello, I would like to convince my boss and my collegues to use Gentoo GNU/Linux at the company office for the desktop system (and maybe one day also for servers). Currently everybody uses its own Linux/Unix system, but soon we could be forced to uses for everybody only one

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 1/22/07, Regis Decamps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: qfpvajdy wrote: > Hello, > > > > I would like to convince my boss and my collegues to use Gentoo GNU/Linux at the company office for the desktop system (and maybe one day also for servers). > > Currently everybody uses its own Linux/Unix syste

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-22 Thread Eric Bohn
In the US, I'm almost certain you wouldn't be able to get away with running Gentoo, and more specifically, Portage, the way you apparently do in a secure govt environment. There's probably a federal directive or regulation somewhere that prevents machines being run in govt organizations from us

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-22 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 1/22/07, Eric Bohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the US, I'm almost certain you wouldn't be able to get away with running Gentoo, and more specifically, Portage, the way you apparently do in a secure govt environment. There's probably a federal directive or regulation somewhere that preven

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Dale
Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 1/22/07, Eric Bohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In the US, I'm almost certain you wouldn't be able to get away with >> running Gentoo, and more specifically, Portage, the way you >> apparently do in a secure govt environment. There's probably a >> federal directive or

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Martins
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 11:19, Dale wrote: > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > As someone who started out using Mandrake, I have to say that using > Gentoo has been a LOT easier. Yea, I had to learn how to use Gentoo and > it is different from Mandrake by far but it is a whole lot easier to > manage.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Dale wrote: As someone who started out using Mandrake, I have to say that using Gentoo has been a LOT easier. Yea, I had to learn how to use Gentoo and it is different from Mandrake by far but it is a whole lot easier to manage. I have been using Gentoo for about 2 or 3 years for my desktop a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:12:07 -0800 (PST), Eric Bohn wrote: > Using Portage you're putting yourself at the mercy of any Joe Schmoe > with a proxy connection to a Gentoo server that wants to compromise > your machine. How so? They'd have to get a compromised source tarball on the distfiles mirrors

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-23 Thread Rumen Yotov
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:07:46 + Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:12:07 -0800 (PST), Eric Bohn wrote: > > > Using Portage you're putting yourself at the mercy of any Joe Schmoe > > with a proxy connection to a Gentoo server that wants to compromise > > your mach

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?

2007-01-24 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 12:07, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:12:07 -0800 (PST), Eric Bohn wrote: > > Using Portage you're putting yourself at the mercy of any Joe Schmoe > > with a proxy connection to a Gentoo server that wants to compromise > > your machine. > > How so? They'd h