or you could run CentOS-4 which is based off of RHEL-4 which is a frozen
FC# with backported updates..<G>
Reinder P. Gerritsen wrote:
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
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evaldas
Zilinskas
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:45 PM
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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.
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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.
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