Once again, as others have already noted, there is no "best distro." for your particular situation. Here are some of my feelings on the big ones.
Linspire: This is a desktop system, and probably will not be any good as a server. Suse: While the last version I tried really pissed me off, it does have its merits. Yast gives you a nice GUI to configure a number of different types of servers, and would be good for beginners. Fedora: My old server ran RedHat/Fedora and I do like the system as a server. That being said, the GUI tools really suck and the lack of an easy way to upgrade between major versions of the OS led me to switch to Debian. Ubuntu: I love Ubuntu. I run it on both my desktop and my laptop, although I have never tried it on the server. Debian: This is my personal choice for servers for a number of reasons: 1) It is really easy to keep up to date and to upgrade to the latest version with apt. 2) Debian stable is really stable. It doesn't usually have the latest versions of all the software packages, but most of the time it won't matter on a server. This is really what RedHat Enterprise Edition charges you all the money for. 3) Debian has a slow release cycle which means that you will receive updates for a long time. When they do stop supporting the system, it is easy to upgrade to the latest version with an apt-get dist-upgrade. 4) It is easy to find support for Debian systems. 5) There is lots of commercial support for Debian systems. Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
