Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

My main concern is keeping my server operational and secure. I am not the
smartest linux user in the bunch and it takes me longer to do things than
most.. I just want an OS that I can configure to do things "automagicaly" I
have many scripts that I wrote for redhat to update my software and backup
users files and I would like an alternative that would work with these with
little or no editing. I use CommuniGate Pro for mail and Apache for WWW, I
like these and want to keep them when I switch. RPM has been broken for me
since the second day I had the server running and I cant fix it. I like that
debian has its own install package. I have been told that Debian has a bad
installer... I want to beable to pick a package and have the OS solve
dependencies... like redcarpet does. A gui is not required because 99.99999%
of any work I would do is with ssh. Any suggestions on something that would
work for me? I dont want an OS that has broken packages or out-dated ones
either (Debian?) I want to use a "stable" release or if not a release that
wont bring downtime.

Thanks,
Jeff

>From: Alex McKenzie <alex@boxchain.com>
>Reply-To: nolug@joeykelly.net
>To: nolug@joeykelly.net
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions
>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:43:07 -0600
>
>jdtiede@bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> >if it's free and works the same, who cares?
>
>That's exactly the concern...will it work the same? Or, even better, work
>well. This is not to say they haven't been a benefit to the Linux
>community, but I lost interest in them after their gcc-2.96 debacle, which
>all of it's sibling (spawn?) distros (Mandrake, etc.) had to suffer from.
>But I still kick myself for not investing.
>
>And I'm sure that Fedora will not have the base that RHAT had, they caused
>a lot of egress of their flock with their last maneuver.
>
>And with so many other well established distros out there to chose from, a
>lot of people are thinking that now is a good time to make a switch,
>especially if they've been curious to, or frustrated with RHAT.
>
>--
>Alex McKenzie alex@boxchain.com http://www.boxchain.com
>
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