Am Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 10:43:39AM -0600 schrieb Matt Connell (Gmail): > On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 09:36 +0000, Michael wrote: > > Wouldn't a binary distro, potentially purpose built as a NAS and/or HTPC > > offering, make more sense? I don't see what advantage the maintenance > > burden > > of a Gentoo system has to offer in this use case, other than repurposing > > with > > little effort an existing Gentoo installation. :-/ > > Running Gentoo on my home server makes the maintenance burden *lower* > for me because I can use all the same tools I'm used to. Besides, > portage is the pinnacle of package managers IMHO. Using a GNU+Linux > system without USE flags and such feels like I'm stuck in a hallway, > with someone else's idea of how software should be configured and > deployed.
Coincidentally, my NAS is the only Gentoo system left in my menagerie. The install base is much smaller than on a desktop, which keeps the package graph to a manageable size (and with, it portage churning time). Every few months I fire it up to store new movies or grab old ones to watch, and I do a system update at the same time. That way I won’t lose all of my Gentoo-foo over time. I built it in a small cube-format server case and a server-grade mITX board, and maxed it out with four drives, 6 TB each, plus a small system SSD. They are used in a raid Z2 data pool, on top of LUKS-encrypted block devices. This is out of pure paranoia in case I need to send a drive in for warranty. Currently, I don’t use the system for anything else but media library. For 24/7 services I have a raspi. The power bill just isn’t worth it. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. Team work: Everyone does what he wants, nobody does what he should, and all play along.
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