On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:34:54 +0200 Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gentoo-users, > > I have read all articles about Raspberry Pi on Gentoo-wiki, > but want to ask: Is anybody here really using Gentoo on RPi?
Yes. > Is it usable? Depends on your goal. > I have a chance of free housing for my RPi so I thought I give > it a try, using RPi as backup-DNS/MX (and watchdog) for my > primary server. Should work. > Right now I'm facing two questions: > > 1. What is better to use as OS-storage: USB-stick or SD-card? > I have read horror stories about SD-cards being fried/bricked > quite frequently so I'm a little scared. But I never found > single post about problems with USB-stick... As suggested in the other reply; both if you can, SD otherwise. As it is faster than USB as USB is sharing the same interface as Ethernet. Just make sure you get something serious from a good brand. > 2. What distro? Right now I'm using Gentoo on all my servers > but I'm not sure it is the best option for this puppy (Gentoo > puts quite high demands on filesystem). If I redirect all the > compilation work to other "mature" server (distcc/crossdev), > can I use even Gentoo? Or is Raspbian still the better choice? The nice thing about Gentoo is that you can make things minimal, the worst thing about Gentoo is that it takes a ton of compile time; so, it somewhat depends on your goal. Try different and see what you like. When you plan to do Gentoo, spend some time on avoiding much writes to the SD card if possible; put /var/tmp/portage on external drive, etc... -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
