Re: [Nolug] SCO and now Microsoft + Novell attacking Linux

I've done Ubuntu server LAMP setup from scratch in 15 minutes.
Only problem I had was to find the apache configs as the layout differs
a lot from RHEL systems I have mostly dealt with.

I have to say that in desktop, ubuntu is the easiest distro I've set up
and used. (I prefer mepis' menus though....) I even got the atheros
based pcmcia card to connect to my wpa-psk secured network automatically
when inserting the card. Previously I've had to do research and tweaking
and experimenting for days in order to try to achieve the same. (which
btw... failed eventually due to lack of time I have available...)

Eventually there might be something better available, but now I'm
satisfied with ubuntu.

Petri

Dustin Puryear wrote:
> Well, the conversation started with an Ubuntu vs. Debian slant, so I
> assumed desktop because of the Ubuntu mention. Sure, you can use it
> for a server, but frankly I haven't really seen it mentioned as being
> used for anything but a desktop Linux. (Although Ubuntu's marketing
> literature would beg to differ.)
>
> That said, Ubuntu could be the greatest Linux server distro in the
> world, but I wouldn't know since I haven't tried it. ;-)
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> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 1:44:44 AM, you wrote:
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>> On 12/6/06, Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Debian does have a rather painfully slow release cycle.
>>>
>
>
>
>
>> I actually find that a plus in a world where I maintain many dozens of
>> systems. I would rather patch a system to current patches on a three year
>> old release than have a release no longer officicially maintained after 12
>> months (fedora). Desktops aside, slow release cycles are not a bad thing.
>> Another reason I love my Sun Solaris systems... years and years and years of
>> patches & official support.
>>
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