[ILUG] Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?

[nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie]

Quoting Paul Biggar <paul.biggar at gmail.com>:

> On 6/29/05, nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie <nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie> wrote:
> > ok hold on, thats just rediculous.
> > first off, ok if you mess with the compile parameters on anything, its
> possible
> > that you will cause problems, but to say that its insane to run gentoo as
> a
> > production server without any points to back up your comments is just
> asking for
> > trouble.
>
> While you obviously havent been listening to any points, this ^^^
> paragraph is self-contained proof that it would be silly to run a
> gentoo production server::

dont get that

> > first off, ok if you mess with the compile parameters on anything, its
> possible
> > that you will cause problems,
>
> But, of course, this is the point of gentoo. CFLAGS and USE flags are
> used to 'mess with the compile parameters', so in gentoo, you always
> 'mess with the compile parameters'. So if you 'run gentoo as a
> production server', 'its possible that you will cause problems', which
> is 'insane'.
>

no, use flags mainly mess with configure parameters, you should always read the
use.desc file so you know what you are messing with, for example +php will
compile php support but +mmx will tell it to compile with mmx instructions.
the default params are all sane and safe, this functionality is optional

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