[olug] Help me select a distrob

Wed Apr 19 21:07:44 UTC 2006

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-Will

On 4/19/06, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'll tell you how I live with Windows; I live off
> fixing it.  Other than that, it's an interesting toy
> in which I play games.
> And as far as stacking statistics, yes, I WOULD rather
> see them stack in favor of Linux over Windows.
> I'm biased in favor of Linux.  I admit it.  And I like
> it.
>
> --- Sean Kelly <smkelly at zombie.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 06:11:33AM -0700, Eric Lusk
> > wrote:
> > > Actually, I WAS looking at godaddy, and it looks
> > like
> > > they're only moving the parked domains to Window$
> > > servers.  But all the same, they're moving parked
> > > domains to Window$ servers!
> >
> > So?
> >
> > > And that's reason enough for me to go elsewhere.
> >
> > Do you avoid all companies that use Windows in some
> > way?
> > How do you live?
> >
> > > Effectively "stacking" the statistics makes me
> > want to
> > > look elsewhere, and 1and1 has the same amount of
> > > storage space, by the looks of it.
> >
> > I don't really see a problem with "stacking the
> > statistics"
> > here. If the statistics are supposed to be per-site,
> > then
> > this is perfectly valid. If the statistics are
> > supposed to
> > be per-server, then this change shouldn't really
> > impact
> > things much assuming they park tons of hosts on a
> > single
> > server.
> >
> > After all, why didn't you have a problem with the
> > stacking
> > of statistics before when they were in Linux's
> > favor? It
> > is the same thing, just with a different OS.
> >
> > >
> > > --- Craig Wolf <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, don't look at godaddy.com since they have
> > > > moved to a Window$ shop.
> > > >  I am waiting for the hammer to drop and be told
> > > > that I have been
> > > > switched.  I will move my domain then somewhere
> > > > else.
> > > >
> > > > Craig Wolf
> > > > Linux Web Server Support
> > > > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > > > 402-894-6283
> > > >
> > > > >>> jachurchill at cox.net 04/19/06 12:24 AM >>>
> > > > I did the same thing.  You can re-direct it but
> > it's
> > > > not the same.
> > > > check out 1and1.com
> > > >
> > > > Eric Lusk wrote:
> > > > > 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
> >
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