:Linux Journal: Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons
Linux Journal: Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons Jan 8, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6505 reads) (Other stories by Andrew Cowie)
"I have a confession to make. I use Gentoo Linux. My colleagues at the various Linux User Group meetings I attend think I'm nuts. Everyone knows that Gentoo is a source-based Linux distribution. Gentoo's reputation (in large measure pushed by the people who develop the distribution) is that it's for people who want super crazy optimizations, and it really is suitable only for those who use desktops. In truth, Gentoo is ideal for a whole bunch of other, unexpected, reasons. Much to my surprise, people actually are using Gentoo in production environments for these very reasons..."
