[bf1942] BF2 linux server at launch

[Aubrey King]

hahaha!  Compiled for your environment every time, though.  Set flags 
once for all compiling?  Not bad, either.  Like FreeBSD or Debian, but 
more thorough and faster!  Also, less typing for a system-wide update: 
"emerge sync && emerge -u world"  Of course, it can take like 3 days to 
completely update, but in that time, you're already enjoying packages that 
Debian or SuSE or *ulp* RedHat will have out in 4 months.  Using rsync 
instead of http and ftp - faster!  Also, there are no OS versions.  Once 
your system is fully emerged, it's up to the latest there is.  Only the 
installer cd has versions.  That's like being able to update DOS 2 to XP 
Pro SP2 with one command!

All of that makes Gentoo the best.  It's the most forward thinking POSIX 
OS on the planet.

:)

Aubrey King
Systems Administrator II
IP Systems Engineering
Global Crossing, Ltd.

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Steven Hartland wrote:

> Totally pointless imo that tar.bz2 then everyone has the same and no
> additional effort required :)
>
>   Steve / K
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aubrey King" <aking at gblx.net>
>> 
>> Can we expect some standard packages from the big linux performance-based 
>> distros?  Debian?  Gentoo?  The others are too slow to run a good game 
>> server, imho.
>
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