Gentoo
I’m really starting to like Gentoo. I like how customizable it is compared to other distros. I can build a lean server from the same install media that I build my fat laptop. Configuration is simple, especially setting up different profiles for my roving laptop (work, home, wireless). And, doing a scripts/bootstrap.sh or emerge system and seeing it use distcc to build across a cluster is pretty neat.
I have a huge TODO list for the home network, tho. Right now storage is spread across both SPARC machines, as well as the PC. chele’s XP machine has the largest drive in the house (60G), but it isn’t on all the time so I can’t use it as a fileserver (yes, I could steal the drive but that’s more work). Ideally I should sell off the SPARCs and use the money to build a fileserver for the basement, but having cut my early Sun hardware (go go diskless Sun 3/60!) I’m loathe to give them up. Plus, I can’t imagine I’ll get more than $100 for an Ultra1/170E. If only they supported IDE drives, for large internal storage…..
X.org rebuild complete, back after reboot.
