Or you decide to run your very own home made and backed kernel... Not too hard, and I like my boxes running the latest stable. That tends to have a better upkeep with regards to security patches.
As for the question at hand: Personally, if it weren't for the licencing cost, I'd perhaps would have chosen Win2003 just for knowing that OS best, and more generic hardware support, leaving me work easily with nV-RAID for a simple mirror instead of having to go through miles of howto's to get linux running on an nForce4 chip with the fun of (fake)hardware raid. (and ofcausegetting some on this list rather upset by claiming it be the best OS ever ^_^) On the other hand, Linux is probably better suited to run on a box in a colocation, and perhaps a little better performance on the same hardware. At least you don't have to license the OS. Each choice has pro's and con's I like Slackware, just because it's clean, streightforward, and has a BSD stylish init system. Personally I've never learned to work with SysV, and still don't realy get it. If you're new to Linux and unbiassed, just get something that's quick to learn the basics, and Fedora would probably be one of the choices. Just make sure it has a GLIBC that's current enough to run hlds_l or srcds_l. Slack 10 still requires a GLIB update to run a halflife dedicated server which is perhaps a problem if you're new to linux. (available in /test, it isn't installed by default.) Ask 50 linux fans what you should use, you'll have probably 40 different answers what is best. In the end I can only agree to what Erik told already. Anything recent works, and most of it is pretty much the same. Your reasons for choosing is with what you like and know best. Just never use X on your box: It's a waste of resouces... (what was I saying again about running Windows 2003 on a gameserver box? ;-) ) Just pick something. Cheers, Fox -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evaldas Zilinskas Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux Distro That means, taht I'll stick with 9.x :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "aXeR (AmmoBOX)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux Distro > 10.0 doesnt ;) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evaldas Zilinskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:04 PM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux Distro > > >> Suse Linux runs 1000Hz :) too. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "doomed999" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:37 PM >> Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Linux Distro >> >> >>> It's really not that hard to compile your own??? Takes what a whole >>> 30-45 >>> minutes because of the modules??? As far as I know CentOS is still >>> running out with 1000hz preconfigured... As far as pre-built >>> kernels? That's all dependent on your system. I could send you my >>> kernel image but that's not to say it will work with your system. >>> Because everything ,except the things my servers use, are >>> disabled... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew >>> Forsberg >>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:45 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux Distro >>> >>> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 09:18 +0000, aXeR (AmmoBOX) wrote: >>>> A lot of the major distro's are shipping with kernel freq set to >>>> 250Hz now :( >>> >>> Would you mind recommending repositories of reliable pre-built >>> kernels for 32 and 64bit linux gaming servers? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Andrew >>> >>> >>> Disclaimer: >>> Please don't flame me and tell me to google for it. I'm specifically >>> interested in the opinions of list members here, rather than >>> operators of servers with different demands to the hlds and srcds >>> engine. I'm currently repairing a server thanks to FC3's journalling >>> system going buggo, so don't have any overly warm feelings toward their defaults. >>> >>> Yes I could compile my own, but I imagine there are a lot of people >>> out there who dedicate a very good portion of their working and >>> leisure time to kernel optimization. Not being one of them, I would >>> prefer to buy them a beer or two or three, than go down the same route. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
