Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

Well, first of all it helps to have a spare machine before you start
experimenting with the mail server...and no decent distro comes without
apache. The better ones offer several flavors.

I've been told Debian has a good installer. And the best, I've also
heard, system of keeping current, while resolving dependencies. And,
while deb-stable can be waay out of date, that's what deb-testing is for.

That being said, I'm still running scripts I wrote years ago for RHAT
boxen. On Slackware. I had to make minor changes to some, and some I
was able to throw away!

Also, I feel it fair to mention that I still have a RHAT box in service,
chugging away, being quiet, getting 300+ day uptimes (between hurricanes
and other power outages).

Good luck.

-- 
Alex McKenzie     alex@boxchain.com     http://www.boxchain.com
Jeff Lee wrote:
> 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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