distro as a server
Just my $0.02 worth.
Chris H.
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 09:55, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
Following on from the distro wars, anyone got any comments about the best
distro for a production server?
I'm soon going to be setting up a Linux server which marks the beginning
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 11:13, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
Hardware support is certainly a major consideration. I've had reasonable
support from Dell in the past, but I've heard that if you play around with
the operating system, their support suddenly vanishes. This is why I'm
thinking about
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 10:41:44 +1200
Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The differences between the
various distros are all in the installation method, and the methods used to set up,
stop
and start the daemons. There is also the aesthetic and cosmetic differences,
There is one
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 11:24, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
This installation is for a very small network, but if it does everything
that's required I'm likely to get the job of introducing Linux servers into a
medium size company that currently has half a dozen NT4 servers and around 50
desktops.
Hi Chris,
I thought I might get a Gentoo vote from you ;-) Must admit that I'd probably
find Gentoo easiest to work with, but maybe it's time I was less one-eyed!
Thanks for the Scyld link - looks very useful.
Tom Munro Glass
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 10:41, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
Take care
We use RH here, but I'm not sure that I would recommend it unless you
are going to buy one of the Commercial versions.
RPM is OK at best and RH are quite slow at releasing version upgrades to
packages. They usually back-port security updates to an earlier version
of the application.
You can
The other option is Mandrake ;) Updates are free and are kept up with
welleasy to update via urpmi too.
Cheers
Jason
John Blance wrote:
We use RH here, but I'm not sure that I would recommend it unless you
are going to buy one of the Commercial versions.
RPM is OK at best and RH are quite
mild rant..
RPM hell on a server? If you're running a business on a box you
shouldn't be installing any rpm's that didn't come from the distro
provider, and, ergo, rpm hell should not occur.
We have 8 RedHat servers at work with a corporate RHN subscription, they
operate as FilePrint, Firewall
Yes, the larger installation will be very remote - in England!
Downloading updates won't be a problem, but rpm hell might be! I've only had a
few hours playing with RH9, so I've yet to encounter that particular torture.
I don't mind command-line admin providing I know how to drive the
Getting slightly OT, but could you suggest some reputable local hardware
suppliers? I've built my own PCs in the past but in recent years I've found
it hard to match the price of suppliers such as Dell, especially for servers.
Tom
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:29, Jim Cheetham wrote:
I don't know
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
Good advice about the processor/disk speed Jim. I will definitely be using
SCSI and would like to use raid but it's too expensive.
If you want to do RAID on the cheap, get SCSI and use the Linux kernel's
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 12:13, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
Yes, the larger installation will be very remote - in England!
That shouldn't put you off, I co-admin a bunch of FreeBSD machines in
the UK, only 300ms away over 23 hops ...
I use screen on the remote box, so I can ssh in and restore the
package hell I've
ever had was with a Debian unstable server (I didn't do it). Putting
any unstable distro on a server is, eh, unwise.
Volker
--
Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header
http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Many thanks for the tip about screen. I'd never heard of it but it looks
incredibly useful. I've just emerged it on my Gentoo machine, and see it's
already available in RH9 I stuck on a test machine in England.
This gets my vote for Tip Of The Day!
Tom
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:35, Jim Cheetham
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 12:58, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Nonsense. I run SuSE server(s), the update mechanism is excellent and
free. rpm hell? You must have misunderstood something. It never
happened to me. On my desktop, I can tick automatic, and each time I
log in (or I click a little con in the
was an IT professional.
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:59:19 +1200
Chris Hellyar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
mild rant..
RPM hell on a server? If you're running a business on a box you
shouldn't be installing any rpm's that didn't come from the distro
provider, and, ergo, rpm hell should not occur.
We have 8 RedHat
it). Putting
any unstable distro on a server is, eh, unwise.
Volker
--
Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header
http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
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Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:22:42 +1200
Tom Munro Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Many thanks for the tip about screen. I'd never heard of it but it looks
incredibly useful. I've just emerged it on my Gentoo machine, and see it's
already available in RH9 I stuck on a test machine in England.
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 13:22, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
Many thanks for the tip about screen. I'd never heard of it but it looks
incredibly useful. I've just emerged it on my Gentoo machine, and see it's
already available in RH9 I stuck on a test machine in England.
This gets my vote for Tip
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:22, you wrote:
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 12:58, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Nonsense. I run SuSE server(s), the update mechanism is excellent and
free. rpm hell? You must have misunderstood something. It never
happened to me. On my desktop, I can tick automatic, and each time
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:46:46 +1200
Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Before you get too used to screen, you may want to consider remapping
the default C-a command string with something else, if you're in the
habit of using C-a for emacs-binding beginning-of-line in either your
editors or
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:56:13PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
None the less, a Gentoo install would allow you to have the command:-
emerge --update world
Last time I ran that it hosed a box. Not very impressive.
Cheers,
-mjg
--
Matthew Gregan |/
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 13:56, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:22, you wrote:
The server-relevant point here is that this update process must be
completely automatic - i.e. not waiting for a user to log on to a
graphical desktop.
You must be overflowing with trust in your
Thanks Nick. Yet more information to try and remember!
Tom
usefule article here on screen
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6340
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:35, you wrote:
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:56:13PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
None the less, a Gentoo install would allow you to have the command:-
emerge --update world
Last time I ran that it hosed a box. Not very impressive.
That's the knid of reason I'm not
machines ... not that I have to use
Dell. Perhaps my question should have been any hardware/distro combinations
recommended for a server?
Tom Munro Glass
Previously I've been happy with FreeBSD, now I'm also happy with Debian
:-)
-jim
Good question. Why is everyone using RH when you have a better distro
like SuSE.
RH is starting to smell like MS. The same technique/template as MS re:
Marketing, Certification etc. not to mention the costs. The
Certification costs are as bad as MCSE.
Besides, SuSE is the oldest, most stable
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:14, you wrote:
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:46:46 +1200
Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Before you get too used to screen, you may want to consider remapping
the default C-a command string with something else, if you're in the
habit of using C-a for emacs-binding
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:11:21 +1200
Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
dont' forget vigor
http://vigor.sourceforge.net/screenshots/
LMFAO, we've had tip of the day: vigor is laugh of the week!
user wanting to try Linux will be I'm
sure totally baffled by the in-fighting between Linux users and the
my distro is better than yours arguments that frequent LUG forums.
Do I have a valid point here? I'm pretty sure this guy will install
RH 9.0 and find his KDE desktop very similar to MDK 9.1
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 16:45, you wrote:
Hi there,
I just did a samarital act by lending my Mandrake 9.1 install
disks to a guy who looks to install Linux onto his work system
to lower license costs to zero.
/. has the much same level of authority as talk-back radio.
Do I have a valid point
generally see two vocal camps: drake and gentoo.
There seems to be a fairly decent base of debian (partly thanks to
Knoppix), but we're a less vocal bunch around here.
Choose your distro based on what you want out of the system. Gentoo is
a great learning experience, but it favours those with a good
Thanks for all the responses about my distro question, it did give me an
idea about what's available and what to look for. For the next six
months or so, I'll just stick with RH7.3. It works :-) If there is one
thing that I would like to fix up, though, it is the fonts in X. How can
I sharpen
There are problems with that article - even with the same hardware there
were differences (setting up udma and different X drivers)so I wouldn't
conclude from it that Gentoo is slower than Debian or Mandrake.
However even if (and that's a big if IMHO) it is, that's not the main point of
Have you tried changing the window manager's own settings? The most
obnoxious sounds in RH 7.3 (Gnome) are not from Gnome but from Sawfish.
=Andrew
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 19:55, David Mann wrote:
BTW how does one disable the window event sounds in KDE? I'm talking
about the sounds for
Not sure if this applies to RH7.3 but it sure helped me when I used RH8
and also helped with some Mandrake problems.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1890
Rob
On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 08:03, Jaco Swart wrote:
Thanks for all the responses about my distro question, it did give me an
idea
Armstrong wrote:
personally i use slackware, its fast and lightweight, love the package
system because its so basic and never gets in the way. no one here seems
to mention it much though.
I use it as well. Just got Slackware 9.0 but found to my dismay that it
doesn't come with kernel source
David Mann wrote:
Armstrong wrote:
personally i use slackware, its fast and lightweight, love the package
system because its so basic and never gets in the way. no one here seems
to mention it much though.
I use it as well. Just got Slackware 9.0 but found to my dismay that it
doesn't
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:11, you wrote:
So I'm just wondering: is it worthwhile to stay with RH7.3,
No.
or should I go on to more recent distributions?
Without doubt!
If so, which one, and why? Opening a beehive here :-)
Sorry can't help myself. :-)
Settings Control Center Sound Multimedia System notifications
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 19:55, David Mann wrote:
Armstrong wrote:
personally i use slackware, its fast and lightweight, love the package
system because its so basic and never gets in the way. no one here seems
to mention it
While not convinced completely, I'll give RPM's another go :-) This apt thing
sounds promising...
There is something else that I have been thinking about lately.
Initially, my decision to install RH7.3 was made because a friend and a friend
of his was going to install it, and we thought it
I'd suggest Mandrake 9.1 or 9.2 (if you want to wait a month or so for it to be
released)
It's quick and easy to use and install and uses urpmi for rpm which deal with
dependencies well.
chad
While not convinced completely, I'll give RPM's another go :-) This apt
thing sounds promising...
i compile pretty much everything from source these days
I used to do that too, up to a few years ago, when I decided I wasn't
going to waste my time any more when instead I could just tick a box in
the installer and whizzz goes the cd drive. Or dvd drive, as it's now.
And the software I install
re gentoo optimization
this was on /. a few days back:
http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=227
personally i use slackware, its fast and lightweight, love the package
system because its so basic and never gets in the way. no one here
, February 25, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Distro Updates
urpmi has to be run as root (normal users can not see or access it). You'll
have to log in as root or uses su. Once your loged in as root it should be
avliable to you. You are runing Mandrake linux aren't you? It should have
been installed as part
It sure is, I am planning an upgrade in the next week or so..
Johnno
--- Original Message -
From: Gareth Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Distro Updates
Do you have an X display running? If so, you might wanna point
display:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# urpmi
bash: urpmi: command not found
Johnno
- Original Message -
From: Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Johnno [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Distro Updates
urpmi has to be run as root (normal users can
perhaps you are running it as root in a user's X display. try (as
user) xhost + and then (as root) MandrakeUpdate
Wouldn't that give the whole world access to display X apps on his screen?
Later
David Kirk
Yeah *gulp* I should have mentioned that LOL
assuming his machine is not friewalled or NAT'd
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:00:26 +1300
David Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
perhaps you are running it as root in a user's X display. try (as
user) xhost + and then (as root) MandrakeUpdate
Wouldn't
]# urpmi
bash: urpmi: command not found
Johnno
- Original Message -
From: Chad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Johnno [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Distro Updates
urpmi has to be run as root (normal users can not see or access
urpmi has only been part of Mandrake linux since about version 7.2 (now at
version 9) your 6.1 version is way to old (2-3years out of date).
Chad
this is what I get from mandrake 6.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# MandrakeUpdate
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]#
Is there a update program around that will run from shell??
I tried to use MandrakeUpdate on one of the system.. but is need a graphic
interface to work...
Most of the work I do on the servers is remote and via SSH...
Many Thanks,
Johnno
apt on a debian system :)
(I think you can install/use it on a mandrake system too?)
or (depending on your setup - whether you have a local X server running, are
behind a firewall, etc etc) you could use X11 forwarding over ssh to see your
graphical app...
Cheers,
Gareth
On Monday 24
On Monday 24 Feb 2003 11:25 pm, Johnno wrote:
Is there a update program around that will run from shell??
I tried to use MandrakeUpdate on one of the system.. but is need a graphic
interface to work...
Most of the work I do on the servers is remote and via SSH...
Many Thanks,
..
I have a look a apt
many thanks...
Johnno
- Original Message -
From: Gareth Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Distro Updates
apt on a debian system :)
(I think you can install/use it on a mandrake system too
Sorry if this repeats another posting:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3097027thesection=technologythesubsection=general
--
Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and in case anyone missed it:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-01-21-014-26-NW-DT-SWtbovrmode=1#talkback_area
Nick Rout wrote:
Sorry if this repeats another posting:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3097027thesection=technologythesubsection=general
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Vik Olliver wrote:
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 13:57, Justin Soong wrote:
Who is exactly behind this distro?
Dunno, but I'm sure as heck going to find out.
Some company in Awkland...
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics
Hey all..
Is this the first nz based linux distro?
http://www.yoper.com/
mahesh
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Who is exactly behind this distro?
- Original Message -
From: Mahesh De Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:34 PM
Subject: nz linux distro?
Hey all..
Is this the first nz based linux distro?
http://www.yoper.com/
mahesh
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 13:57, Justin Soong wrote:
Who is exactly behind this distro?
Dunno, but I'm sure as heck going to find out.
Vik :v)
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:56:22PM +1300, Rex Johnston wrote:
You are going to fit testing onto a floppy ?
...
Yes, perhaps i mean't that it's not that obvious how to download the
testing distro onto CD/DVD/floppy(?)
*sigh*. You can fit the installer on a floppy or two, and point it at the
net
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 21:13, Michael Beattie wrote:
What has happened to the progeny install system ?
*shrug* - I'm not working on the installer. I believe the main reason it
isnt being used, is that the installer that is developed, needs to work on
all 11 architectures released.
Aeee,
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 17:12, John Carter wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Rex Johnston wrote:
Testing makes a good desktop for friends, and i run Unstable.
Bugger!
That wasted a day and a bit.
Howso ?
You could have at least mentioned that you can't even install Debian
testing at the moment.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rex Johnston wrote:
They are rewriting the boot procedure and what is in sarge at the moment
is hostile and broken in the extreme.
Err.. boot procedure?
Sorry, I meant installation procedure. If you boot off the CD you get
dumped into a maze of twisty little passages,
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, John Carter wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Rex Johnston wrote:
Testing makes a good desktop for friends, and i run Unstable.
Bugger!
That wasted a day and a bit.
You could have at least mentioned that you can't even install Debian
testing at the moment. You can _only_
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:53:16PM +1300, Rex Johnston wrote:
You could have at least mentioned that you can't even install Debian
testing at the moment. You can _only_ upgrade an existing stable
installation.
Well, no, you'd have problems getting it on a media. Your best bet
Bollocks.
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 06:17:24PM +1300, John Carter wrote:
Sorry, I meant installation procedure. If you boot off the CD you get
dumped into a maze of twisty little passages, often broken.
On behalf of Debian, I apologise that we have decided to rewrite the
installation software for sarge,
. you can download the boot floppies that are in current 'pre-beta'.
You are going to fit testing onto a floppy ?
/feigned incredulity
Yes, perhaps i mean't that it's not that obvious how to download the
testing distro onto CD/DVD/floppy(?) that someone can install, a` la`
Mandrake/RedHat/everyone
John Carter wrote:
Time for a wee bout of 'Distro war...
...
Back in the bad old days of Linux 0.99 when Men were Real Men, and little
Plastic Barbies were Really Plastic we used to suck down the source
of each package from the authors site as we needed it, compiled it, and
ran
Time for a wee bout of 'Distro war...
Rex Johnson asked if I was still using Debian...
Nah, I upgraded it to Storm Linux (a Debian variant) for awhile, currently
it is on Redhat 7.3. Hopefully I'll be getting something larger soon and
will upgrade it to DeadBat 8.0 or umm, I don't know.
I
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:15, you wrote:
I'm wondering about trying Gentoo.
Needs a fairly modern machine. 400MHz or hopefully much better I'd say,
otherwise you'll be waiting aeons for the compiles to finish. I installed the
basic stuff and then did an 'emerge kde' and came back a couple of days
John Carter wrote:
Time for a wee bout of 'Distro war...
Rex Johnson asked if I was still using Debian...
Close enough John Carer. :)
It was more a question of whether the 'help' desk snaffled parore or
Matt managed to keep hold
of it.
Nah, I upgraded it to Storm Linux (a Debian variant
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:15, you wrote:
I'm wondering about trying Gentoo.
Needs a fairly modern machine. 400MHz or hopefully much better I'd say,
I never considered my 500Mhz K6-II to be modern,
not after having drooled over other folk's 1GHz Athlons.
otherwise you'll be waiting aeons for the
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:51, Yuri de Groot wrote:
If there's a high bandwidth connection at the instalfest I'll bring my
computer and upgrade to gentoo.
chris@liberty chris $ du -s /usr/portage/distfiles/
752620 /usr/portage/distfiles
Deities willing, I can bring them along.
--
Sincerely
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:37, you wrote:
Hi,
Its a shame we have had no replys on the below request. I don't know how
long Nick can speak about Gentoo! Does anyone else have anything they
could talk about.?
I have just had confirmation that the computer suite will be available during
January
On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 2:01 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:37, you wrote:
Hi,
Its a shame we have had no replys on the below request. I don't know how
long Nick can speak about Gentoo! Does anyone else have anything they
could talk about.?
I have just had
yeah - anything involving linux training for the masses - is worth
listening to.
Nick Elder [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 14/11/2002 14:56:20
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Christopher Sawtell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:Re: CLUG meeting Linux Distro
distribution other than Gentoo. So perhaps this is some ones big
chance to promote their favorite one! A volunteer?
Personally I know little about Debian but would like to hear about it. If
some one should want to talk about that particular distro'. But thats just
my 2c worth.
regards,
Nick
ones big chance to
promote their favorite one! A volunteer?
Personally I know little about Debian but would like to hear about it. If
some one should want to talk about that particular distro'. But thats just
my 2c worth.
regards,
Nick Elder
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have Volker Soo-Say Cool-man ..
ding ding ding ...
Now kids, lets play safe. Volker, I have a flame proof suit here you might
like to borrow...
(you may need it soon, when I jump in on the Debian side ;-)
On Saturday 26 October 2002 14:12, Yuri de Groot wrote:
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have
Linux is Linux is Linux ::shrugs::
- Original Message -
From: Yuri de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Linux Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: Let the Distro Flame Wars begin ...
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 14:12, Yuri de Groot wrote:
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have Volker Soo-Say Cool-man ..
ding ding ding ...
Getting confused and thinking its the WWF, Drew 'Distro Slut' Gentoo,
and MrG Slackware double team on Debimon
the Distro Flame Wars begin ...
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have Volker Soo-Say Cool-man ..
ding ding ding ...
--
Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand
+64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875
, October 26, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: Let the Distro Flame Wars begin ...
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have Volker Soo-Say Cool-man ..
ding ding ding ...
On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 02:38, Philip Charles wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Andy George wrote:
Linux is Linux is Linux ::shrugs::
But it is not pure GNU like GNU/Hurd (third corner).
Hurd, thats that thing that has been in Alpha stage for longer than
Linux has been in existence and still is
And while the others scrap it out, yuri sneaks out the back with those BSD chicks
in the red suits ;-)
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Drew Whittle wrote:
On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 02:38, Philip Charles wrote:
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Andy George wrote:
Linux is Linux is Linux ::shrugs::
But it is not pure GNU like GNU/Hurd (third corner).
Hurd, thats that thing that has been in Alpha stage for longer
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 01:32:04PM +1300, Drew Whittle wrote:
Getting confused and thinking its the WWF, Drew 'Distro Slut' Gentoo,
I think you mean Drew 'Distro tramp' With-all
and the winner is.
Whatever the hell suits you.
Amen to that.
Mike.
--
Michael Beattie [EMAIL
Yuri de Groot wrote:
In the blue corner we have Mike Debian Beat-me ...
In the red corner we have Volker Soo-Say Cool-man ..
ding ding ding ...
and in the other ring we have Source V Binary distros.
Richard.
--
Hey I like this! Of course, we wouldn't need to restrict ourselves to
just four corners, the more added points to the polygon the bigger the
fun, though to save face we should definitely tie the devil in the
fourth corner to the post. At Drew's provocative signal we then all
start bashing on our
Linux is Linux is Linux ::shrugs::
I really hate to add to this pointless thread, but, Linux is as Linux does...
... and that's all I've got to say about that ...
Michael.
I go with the source compiled corner, gentoo linux, (free|open|net)BSD, sorcery linux,
lunarpenguin etc
The BSD's are available compiled.
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 17:21:52 +1300
Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey I like this! Of course, we wouldn't need to restrict ourselves to
just
Thus spake Volker Kuhlmann on this Sat, 26 Oct 2002 :
] Yuri finishes with his red chicks round the back early enough (didn't
] you just marry?!??) he might rejoin the, ehh, discussion. Or was that
Yep. There's a link to the wedding fotos on my homepage:
http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/yuri
Click
Thus spake Yuri de Groot on this Sat, 26 Oct 2002 :
] Yep. There's a link to the wedding fotos on my homepage:
] http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/yuri
And I've still only got round to uploading the first 3
out of 7 sets of fotos *sigh*
Hi,
I set Peanut up on a P200. I had the devil's own job installing it, but
I eventually did it. It is quite a nice distro, but I don't have much
experience of alternatives, all I know is it's optimised for
lower-spec machines.
My PC had 80Mb RAM, but the more the merrier. IMHO the GUI was too
Pick a distro...
As long as you've got more than 32Mb of ram, (64 better.. 128 even better)
and enough disk space (1.2Gb drive or bigger, ish) you will be able to run
any of the major distros, you'll just have to remove some of the default
daemons and configuration to make it usable. You'll
eventually did it. It is quite a nice distro, but I don't have much
experience of alternatives, all I know is it's optimised for
lower-spec machines.
My PC had 80Mb RAM, but the more the merrier. IMHO the GUI was too slow
to be usable- it was the first time I played with KDE, and all it
succeeded
Hi CLUG,
I may be getting a 133mhz to mess around with and I was wondering what the best distro
would be to run on it. I was thinking about Peanut Linux? What do you think?
Thanks,
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