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tyler_durden;185499 Wrote: > I run slimserver in both windoze 2k and ubuntu linux. At the moment > this is because I am using the server machine as my main computer and > have other apps that only run under windoze. > > I have another machine that will be used as a stand-alone server and > will be running some flavor of linux. I will select the linux based on > the availability of install packages for slimserver. I don't want to > hassle with downloading binaries and compiling it myself, and support > for the existing packages should be better now and in the future. If > you use linux that can install the existing packages, you should be > able to get automatic updates. > > For a stand-alone, dedicated server, linux is the way to go. It will > run for months without a reboot. Try running winows for a few days > without a reboot!- everytime a security hole is fixed you have to > reboot. Linux is relatively safe from external threats such as > viruses, etc., that target windows systems. Set it up and forget it. > That's how a server should be. > > TD I'm very much like you Tyler. Currently, I'm on Windows but have an old PIII machine right next to me that I'm loading Ubuntu on for purposes of an SS server. I have run SS on Michael Herger's SlimCD with wonderful results but am moving to a full "blown" linux installation. -- Secret Squirrel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Secret Squirrel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4984 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33301 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
