[olug] Help me select a distrob

[Eric Lusk]

I've had no problems, but I'm also only running Apache
and ssh, so maybe if I tried SQL I'd be hosed.
I'll have to try OpenSuse on my workstation, since the
server's been stable.
Won't matter soon, though, as far as my server goes;
going to get hosting since I'm behing Cox's port 80
block...

--- Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net> wrote:

> I agree.  I recently switched my server to Mandriva
> thinking that it'd 
> make a better server software.  I was wrong.  Now
> just have to find time 
> to switch back.  Maybe I'll try something more "fun"
> like Gentoo or Kororaa
> 
> Will Langford wrote:
> > As an experiment, put a new version of the
> community Mandriva on a system to
> > act as a server.
> >
> > It was missing libraries like readline, there were
> no development packages
> > for it, etc.  Making postgres a bit ugly to use
> heh.
> >
> > Although I imagine it does fine as a desktop
> distro, I wouldn't suggest it
> > for anything more "interesting".
> >
> > -Will
> >
> >
> >
> > On 4/18/06, Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net>
> wrote:
> >   
> >> I used to use Mandriva and I'd definitely chose
> that over FC but I've
> >> since switched to OpenSuse which like Mandrive
> requires installing some
> >> 3rd party software but I really like it the best.
> >>
> >> Eric Lusk wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Mandriva is good, but if you're getting the free
> >>> version, you'll want to install some additional
> >>> packages that are left out, as compared to the
> Club
> >>> version.
> >>> Most of the items left out are still available
> for
> >>> download, and pretty often as .rpm files.
> >>> There is a Mandriva community site run by
> Mandriva,
> >>> but I believe that parts of that are restricted
> to
> >>> Club members, possibly more now than the last
> time I
> >>> was there.  But I usually get my support on a
> >>> per-program basis, so I haven't had to use them
> for a
> >>> while...
> >>>
> >>> --- Nick Veys <psylence519 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> It may be helpful for you to list out a few of
> your
> >>>> criteria you used
> >>>> to narrow your search.  To be honest, FC5
> seemed a
> >>>> little half-baked
> >>>> at release time, though I know they have fixed
> many
> >>>> of the release
> >>>> issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/17/06, Charles Bird
> <thebirdman at operamail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>> either one is a pretty safe bet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I think there is alot more helpful users on
> FC5
> >>>>>
> >>>>>           
> >>>> than Mandriva. Having help is perhaps the most
> >>>> important thing when fresh into it.
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org>
> >>>>>> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:29:23 -0500 (CDT)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, HAB Boy wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:28:23 +0300
> >>>>>>> From: HAB Boy <haobboy at gmail.com>
> >>>>>>> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>> <olug at olug.org>
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>>> To: olug at olug.org
> >>>>>>> Subject: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Guys/Gals,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have done a lot of search to select a
> distro
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>> to switch from Win to
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>>> Linux. Finally, I came up to two distros
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 1. Mandriva (Mandrake)
> >>>>>>> 2. Fedora Core 5
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Can any of you help me making a choice and
> may
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>> be give me some of the
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>>> pros and cons of both based on experience
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> HAB
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>> Out of your list, I would choose Fedora Core
> 5.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> Adding the packages to
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>> Play DVDs, Movies and MP3s is pretty easy
> using
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> yum or yumex, and I
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>> haven't found a format I can't play yet. 
> Plus,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> FC5 is very current, as
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>> it has the latest versions of Gnome and KDE
> to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> choose from.
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>>> Jon L.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Jon H. Larsen  - relayer -at- levania -dot-
> org
> >>>>>> Operations Manager, Omaha Linux Users Group -
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> http://www.olug.org/
> >>>>
> >>>>         
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> >>>>>> ICQ#: 10412618 -
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>             
> >>>> http://www.levania.org/~relayer/
> >>>>
> >>>>         
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