[ale] Web server OS

[David Hamm]

Is there any kind of auto install for Gentoo?  I looked at installing
Gentoo recently and it seemed every package would have to be compiled
during the installation process.  
On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 09:47 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> emerge jeff
> 
> 
> :-)
> 
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
>         You might also try Gentoo, the meta-distribution that is
>         versionless and
>         only installs what you tell it beyond a very minimalist,
>         functional OS
>         that has a completely functional build system from the
>         get-go.  You
>         don't have to fool with finding different repositories, and
>         the docs and
>         online support are very good.
>         
>         - Jeff
>         
>         
>         Jim Kinney wrote:
>         > My $0.20 is to use centos 5.2. Add the EPEL repo
>         > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) and install wordpress
>         with yum
>         > install wordpress The base level OS is supported for another
>         5 years
>         > and the system is rock-solid stable. The EPEL packages are
>         provided
>         > and maintained by the upstream providers.
>         >
>         > Note: Centos and all RedHat derivatives will try (and
>         usually suceed)
>         > at installing X. This is because many tools for managaing
>         the system
>         > are gui-fied. The hard drive space is minimal and the X can
>         be turned
>         > off with a runlevel 3 in inittab.
>         >
>         > Note: I do NOT recommend the Fedora 10 distro for server use
>         at this
>         > time. They shift to all network sockets controlled by
>         NetworkManager
>         > is not as stable as it needs to be yet. It's fine for
>         laptops (I'm
>         > using it and like it a lot) but it's not for servers yet.
>         >
>         > Staying well back from bleeding edge is good. When F10 first
>         came out
>         > the x86_64 version was not "bleeding edge" it was a
>         "spurting death
>         > wound". It's feeling MUCH better now! My 64 bit laptop has
>         been up for
>         > about 8 days now without a hard reboot. Resuming from
>         suspend or
>         > hibernate still leaves Radeon chip is terminally stupid mode
>         so that
>         > has been avoided 'till I see a patch
>         >
>         > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:03 AM, aaron <aaron at pd.org
>         
>         
>         > <mailto:aaron at pd.org>> wrote:
>         >
>         >     Even knowing that Jon is active with the Ubuntu
>         >     community, I'd have to throw in with CentOS.
>         >
>         >     In fact, I'll recommend CentOS twice, then you'll
>         >     have my $.02 on the subject.
>         >     ;-)
>         >
>         >     White box RedHat without the bleeding edge pains of
>         >     Fedora.  It was my choice when I had to build a
>         >     server for a Drupal development site last summer.
>         >
>         >     Someone mentioned Wordpress packages being in the
>         >     Ubuntu repositories, but that may not be saying much.
>         >     LAMP web packages like Wordpress and Drupal will
>         >     generally install pretty easily on any common server
>         >     distro, though I will note that I did have to add
>         >     a non-default repository to get a yum-my Drupal
>         >     installation into CentOS 5.
>         >
>         >     peace
>         >     aaron
>         >
>         >     On 2008, Dec, 22, , at 10:57 PM, Jon Reagan wrote:
>         >
>         >     > hey folks... got a quick question.
>         >     >
>         >     > I have a new computer that I will be using as a web
>         server.
>         >      From past
>         >     > experience, I know that the computer does not have any
>         hardware that
>         >     > presents compatibility issues.  So, with this in mind,
>         which system
>         >     > would y'all recommend for a complete noob looking to
>         set up a
>         >     > wordpress blog?
>         >     >
>         >     > I have been using Ubuntu, as well as Fedora and
>         Debian... but I
>         >     am not
>         >     > sure which is best (or rather, easiest) for me to use.
>         >     >
>         >     > Thanks in advance!
>         >     >
>         >     > Jon
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