Any advice for a new server?

[René Berber]

Chris Yuzik wrote:

> I'm not a Slackware user like Res is, but I'm overall happy with Centos.
> I've been the Gentoo route, and while compiling small things from source
> is fine, having to compile for 12+ hours straight on a production server
> is NOT cool, and imho offers little benefit over installing pre-compiled
> binaries for your hardware.
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Gentoo also offers pre-compiled packages, installed with the same tool (emerge)...
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René Berber