Re: [gentoo-user] OT: but cool - NASDAQ is gentoo powered

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Tue 16 August 2011 11:15:21 Joost Roeleveld did opine thusly:
> On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 02:10:18 AM Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Mon 15 August 2011 21:48:30 Michael Mol did opine thusly:
> > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Adam Carter
> > > <adamcarter3@gmail.com>> 
> > wrote:
> > > > http://www.itworld.com/open-source/193823/how-linux-mast
> > > > ered-wal l-street
> > > 
> > > This is related to a question I wanted to poll the list
> > > with. How does everybody here use Gentoo? For personal use?
> > > Production use? For server, desktop or embedded roles?
> > > What's your most interesting setup or use case?
> > > 
> > > I had Gentoo on both my desktop and HTPC, but I had to
> > > cannibalize the HTPC for parts, so now it's just on my
> > > primary desktop box.> 
> > All my personal machines have run gentoo for 6 or more years now
> > plus my dev VMs. At work, it's encouraged for the dev
> > environments too.
> > 
> > I was interested to read that NASDAQ runs a "modified" Gentoo
> > and
> > wondered "what does an unmodified stock Gentoo look like". Then
> > I
> > realised I was being silly, there's no such thing :-)
> 
> Wouldn't that be what someone ends with after following the install
> guide? In other words, stage3?


Well I'm being tongue-in-cheek :-)

We all modify Gentoo to our own tastes, some a little some a lot.


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