On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 6:00 AM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt...@o-sinc.com> wrote:
> OT, who runs Gentoo > > On Saturday, December 3, 2016 12:21:55 AM EST Daniel Campbell wrote: > > > > Unless something's changed in the past year or two, iirc Sony uses > > Gentoo as part of the backend of Gaikai, Google's used it for the base > > of ChromeOS... > > Also is the base of CoreOS, widely popular. Google uses it in more than > ChromOS it was used in the OnHub router. I suspect Google has wider uses. > > Google has hired a few core developers as has Gaikai. Both seem to be good, > though not sure Google is giving back as much given their financial > benefit. > Gaikai isn't selling an OS, but Google is based on Gentoo... > > I can't speak for other 'big names', but Gentoo's not > > quite as niche as the small, active userbase has most of us believing. > > FYI Network Solutions, which I believe at a time had a root DNS server > running > Gentoo. Due to their parent company Web.com is, or has by now, moving from > Gentoo to RHEL. I was told they do not want to be in the operating system > development business. > > Meetup.com runs Gentoo, not sure how widely but it is in use. Likely more > out > there, but I see far more RHEL and CentOS. I do not even discuss Gentoo, > as I > have to many say it can't be used in production, etc. Things I disagree > with. > > There's also our downstream neighbors: Funtoo, Pentoo, Sabayon, > > Calculate, Exherbo, etc > > Two of those are more of a splinter of the Gentoo community, Exherbo and > Funtoo. IMHO those communities should be reunited into Gentoo. Allot of > talent > got driven way that is still out there working on other stuff. > > > As for communities, lots of places from 4chan to lainchan, various mesh > > network users, security-conscious communities, OCD support groups > > (kidding), etc. > > My concern is lack of any mention in the news or tech articles. When was > the > last time Gentoo was making headlines and not for drama related stuff. > I don't think making headlines is a goal for the project. Maybe you think it should be; but I don't see leadership (on the Council or the Trustees) pushing in that direction. So while you can have the opinion that the distro is dead (or going downhill or whatnot) many people do not think this. -A > > Gentoo News articles > https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser= > 0&q=gentoo+linux > > Arch News articles for example, other distros Ubuntu and Debian have allot > https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=arch+linux > > Not my words but like say Infoworld articles, not that they are any > authority > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/3109830/linux/why-did- > gentoo-linux-fade-into-obscurity.html > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/3137969/linux/arch- > linux-the-last-refuge-for-purists.html > > > -- > William L. Thomson Jr. >
