Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo speed comparison to other distros

[Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:28:04 -0400
Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Even though it is from a DVD it can be updated just like standard
> > linux. The problem is, if you run out of ram then things get killed.
> > 
> >   
> >> (Frankly, this sounds quite nice for kiosk environments.)  
> > 
> > Could be if you have a good enough network connection for Linux
> > kernel updates or cut it right down ;-)  
> 
> Local gigabit is cheap, and a gigabit connection would transfer the
> image in under a minute. A bit more, of course, if you've got an
> overloaded server being slammed by ten or twenty machines.
> 
> (I wonder if one can anycast TFTP on a local segment. Hm. I think you
> could just barely pull it off, since you'd have resolved the layer 2
> address for your syn packet, and that should stick with the
> connection.)

Kiosks are notorious for having difficulty in getting to connections
as there place is determined by other factors. Still it may make a good
choice of OS except for reboot time.