[NTLUG:Discuss] Distrib options
Steve Litt
slitt at troubleshooters.com
Fri Jul 12 09:04:25 CDT 2013
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 23:40:06 -0500
Greg Edwards <greg at edwards-tx.us> wrote:
> OK, no OS wars please :) I know, wishful thinking :o
>
> I've been using Mandriva since before 2000. But they're heading in a
> direction that I'm not going to follow. So I'm looking for a new
> distribution. I'm thinking Ubantu or Fedora, but I'm open to other
> options too.
>
> I adopted Mandrake (name at the time) because they were the only
> distribution that came out of the box x586 (Pentium and then x686).
> I was more than happy to stop building my own kernels!
>
> The major reason that I've stuck with Mandriva so long is their
> packaging. In a single distrib they include desktop and server
> installs. No need to chase down apps or server packages, or get a
> 2nd distrib. And, IMHO, they had the most straight forward installer
> and package manager front end going.
>
> I'm looking for a distribution that has both desktop and server on
> the same disk. I also want 64bit, not a mix of 32 and 64. Online
> repository support integrated with the installed package manager. I
> would like to find some of the not so well known servers on the
> distrib, just so I don't have to hunt them down. For example I run
> cyrus and sendmail. Apache, bind, ypserv, Orbit2, shorewall, nfs,
> etc.
>
> I'm building up a distributed server farm and I don't want to support
> multiple distributions.
>
> Thanks,
Hi Greg,
I used Mandrake/Mandriva 2001-2006, before switching to Ubuntu. I was
all set to recommend Ubuntu (with Xfce or LXDE, my momma didn't raise
no fool) until I saw the words "server farm", and then "Debian" just
popped into my mind. They have a network install that comes on one CD,
and I think you can do both 32 and 64 from that disk. It's also stable
and easy on your resources. About a year ago I wedged a Debian/Xfce
installation on an old 500Mhz box with 128MB of RAM. As long as you ran
only 1 or 2 apps at a time, it did reasonably well.
Also, have you thought about one of the BSD's? Those are pretty good
for servers.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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