Telco switches to Ubuntu from RHEL for one reason...

[mailinglist-mi3mfHwaxRn2eFz/2MeuCQ at public.gmane.org (Brendan)]

On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Samuel Baldwin wrote:
> Should I switch to ubuntu then?
>
> Never! Gentoo all the way. Although I've had a nightmare doing opengl
> stuff cause I broke it a while back.

Usually that is the difference between people who futz with Linux and/or have 
lots of time to compile and address issues and those who need a system that 
can install things quickly and reproduce builds quickly and without issue.

Gentoo is fine for the first, but not for the second. 

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