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Biased here, but at the scale of an organization like google why would they not use a tool like gentoo to customize and build binary packages for the whole orga
by hyperion2010 9y ago
Biased here, but at the scale of an organization like google why would they not use a tool like gentoo to customize and build binary packages for the whole organization? Does debian have symbols servers or something like that?
- rusk 9y agoI think you've answered your own question here. An organisation the scale of google could use a tool like Gentoo to customize and build their binary packages. They haven't, and this perhaps speaks to the suitability of Gentoo as an operating system for use en masse. Presumably individual engineers are still free to use Gentoo if appropriate but from a support and maintenance perspective the costs may not be feesible company wide.
- hawski 9y agoThey kinda use Gentoo. ChromeOS is built with Gentoo's portage. AFAIK Chromebooks are very commonly used at Google.
- rusk 9y agoI guess this is more of an "embedded" usecase and more suitable to a statically compiled target. Not the same as "using it throughout the organisation" in the sense that their IT personnel need be concerned with.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoAre the googlers using Pixelbooks most often?
- pacetherace 9y agoIt also matters to use something that everyone is more or less comfortable with. The more customizations you do, the more overheads you have to deal with.
- wbkang 9y agoWell for whatever is worth, ChromeOS is a gentoo based system.