From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QV3Nd-00008u-A7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:12:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6CCEB1C13D for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0821C027 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com ([209.85.215.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QV2rP-003GdI-Jm for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:38:55 +0700 Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so1115606ewy.40 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.94.138 with SMTP id n10mr973380eef.73.1307716729637; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.99.139 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:38:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201106101629.24236.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <2593608.Y5NAE0QtXL@eve> <201106101629.24236.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:38:49 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo server installation From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 72e3cd9f668dbba568b63197e06e50d3 On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 21:29, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 15:15 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost Roeleveld > did opine thusly: > >> On Friday 10 June 2011 12:13:22 Perenaster wrote: >> > Hey, >> > I dont't know if this is the right list I'm writing to but I want to use >> > Gentoo as server. My aim is a small as possible installation of an OS >> > with only the modules I want. So I thought Gentoo might be the OS of >> > choice. Is it suitable for an server or should I look for an other >> > distro? >> > Is there anything in particular that I have to mention at the >> > installation? Thanks in advance, >> > Tom >> >> Hi Tom, >> >> Gentoo is quite usable as a Server. I use it as such myself. > > Funny think about Gentoo is that it can save you a few MB of disk space by > removing things you don't need. > > But it consumes 3GB of disk space to do it. > Heh, I personally don't really care about hard disk usage. All I know is, compared to other 'server'-oriented distros (or distro variant), Gentoo has the least amount of memory usage :-) Rgds, -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com