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Gentoo On Server Considered Harmful

Posted by kdawson on from the not-a-desktop dept.

Siker writes in to point out his blog post — Why Gentoo Shouldn't Be On Your Server — which seems to have stirred up a lot of discussion, including a thread on the Gentoo forums. From the post: "I firmly believe in updating server software only when you need to. If you don't need new features, and things are working, why change anything? If you update anything you will undoubtedly need to update configuration files. You will need to fix things that break in the upgrade process... This is hard with Gentoo. Gentoo wants you to change a lot of stuff. It wants to be bleeding edge."

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  1. Not for me! by MarkRose · · Score: 4, Funny

    I certainly wouldn't want a Gentoo on my servers. Sure, it wouldn't weigh much, but think of the poop you'd have to clean up!

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  2. Redhat 6.2 by flyingfsck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't fix it if it ain't broke: up 292 days, 22:26 The reason for the short uptime, is PSU upgrades...

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