Re: (clug-talk) recommendations for a web server

[Sig Magnuson]

If you do get arround to trying this I would recommend installing the 
following apps from opt packages

dhcpcd - if you use dhcp

cvssup (required for ports)
openssl (required for ports)
ports - Crux package update tool
then goto http://crux.lugs.ch/ and get CLC ports supfile

then run ports -u

later
sig




Curtis Sloan wrote:

Crux is the champion of the universe :)
   

lol!  It's good to be supportive of your preferred distro.  :-)

 

Crux has a active mailing list.
   

This is good news.  A quick Google reveals that CRUX is actually fairly well
known/liked.  My dark hole has been cozy (until now), though.  ;-)  The
other distro of which I wrote (I still can't find the name of it, even
though I can see the web page in my head) :-P suffered from a lack of
development and a lack of exposure, but also lacked a thriving community of
supporters.
 

this "support" can be found elsewhere (crux lists/groups...
   

Exactly what I meant (well, in addition to the standard, commercial
support-type offerings).  If there are interested people (especially in
"hands-on" distros like this), there will usually be knowledge bases on
which to draw support.
Ahem.  Alright, then; I'll put my money where my mouth is and give CRUX a
try.  I just finished installing Slack (dual-boot) on my laptop again, but
if I can get an .iso by this afternoon, I will forego Slack for the moment
and give it a go.  After all, the icon is kinda cute.  ;-)
Curtis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sig Magnuson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:45
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) recommendations for a web server
For most companies, yes, support is an issue.  They need someone to fall 
back on should something go wrong or not work as advertised even though 
this "support" can be found elsewhere (crux lists/groups, apache 
lists/groups, proftpd lists/groups, clug, google, etc)

Crux has a active mailing list.  .  I tried many distros before deciding 
on this one.

I believe the following from the site says it best.

"CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at 
experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep 
it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package system, 
BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed 
packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and 
recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system which makes it 
easy to install and upgrade applications."

I am a very strong believer of: simple, small, fast.  Many of the 
distros now days don't adhere to this or are not under active 
development.  Crux is the champion of the universe :)



Curtis Sloan wrote:

 

Sounds sort of Slackware-ish... I found a small distro like that awhile ago
(can't for the life of me remember what it was called) but because there
   

was
 

little active development around the distro, it died off.  Kind of a good
reason to go with the big/popular distros -- in a word, support.  :-P
Again, with the trying new stuff thing, tho'... can be fun.  :-)

Curtis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sig Magnuson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:02
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) recommendations for a web server
I use Crux as my distro.
http://crux.nu