Preferred Linux Flavor for Web Server?

[Jeremy Fowler]

Well, I can understand that. I would hate to compile everything from
scratch under that environment and if that were my only experience I
could understand how that would make you sour to Gentoo. I would
recommend using the x86 GRP packages on older hardware. However, on
today's newer systems compile time is greatly reduced and you know your
utilizing the full potential of your system whenever you ebuild.
Besides, once you get your system setup with X, you can have your ebuild
run in the background in a terminal window while you go about your
business. Large ebuilds can be done at night while your sleeping.

Reading and tweaking? Custom Command lines? What Linux OS doesn't
require any of those? 

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From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf
Of Brian Kelsay
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:01 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: Preferred Linux Flavor for Web Server?


"less than ideal" is an understatement.  I tried to install Gentoo on a
PIII-500 and it took a week of evenings to keep checing on it and
approving different items and setting USE flags, etc.  I wanted to say
I'd done it, so I did and I hated it.  I have no fond memories of
looking back on it or anything other than it was a complete waste of
time and electricity. 

Tons of reading, tons of little tweaker custom command lines to get
things to work.  In the end, no faster or no more useable than a Debian
server install or any other distro that took only one evening.