On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 08:05:52PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been told to look at Mandrake and Red Hat.
If you're looking to run a Linux server, I'd pick Debian, then Red Hat, with Mandrake a distant 3rd. Mandrake is a good desktop distribution, but it tends to want to push the graphical envelope at the expense of stability. Debian's stable, and a lot nicer to admin. You might want to check out the Melbourne Linux Users Group. http://www.mlug.org.au/ > I'm worried about compatibilty with hardware If you don't run X-Windows (and you *are* talking about a server, aren't you?) then Linux should have less problems than Windows. > and my Windows software. Your Windows software won't run on Linux, unless you run an environment like Win4Lin. If you're referring to Cold Fusion code, you'll have problems in a couple of areas. Firstly Linux, being a Unix-like operating system, is case sensitive. So calls to programs need to be consistent. eg: <cfinclude template="myFile.cfm"> <cfinclude template="MyFile.cfm"> will call different templates. This can also be a problem with uploaded files. Directories use / rather than \ And if you're running a desktop database such as Access/Dbase etc it ain't gonna work on Linux. On a positive side you get the ability to easily run free databases like PostgreSQL. Cheers Paul Haddon Technical Services Manager Formstar Print Technologies --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
