I know some people/companies that use Debian for servers... I don't hear complains. I think Debian is a great choice.
Regards, Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il Come to write at the forums: http://www.guides.co.il/forums ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alon Weinstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ben-Nes Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: What Dist for a servers > Ben-Nes Michael wrote: > > I'm going to install a new server and as usual im asking my self what distro > > should I use. > > > > Until now I used Redhat and the latest version installed is 7.3, which work > > very well. > > > > What about Fedora ? is it suitable for a web server or any other server ? > > Or its better if I buy a Server OS from Redhat / suse / mandrake ? > > > > What about Debian ? is it suitable to such task without allot of hassle > > around ? > > > > And if I already dive into free systems why not use Gentoo which is > > amazingly fast but require lots of work around it. > > > > I know there is no one true around this subject, but ill be happy to hear > > some feedbacks. > > I'm facing the same question myself at the moment. I used Redhat, but > now the lack of updates suggests moving to some other distro. IMHO -- > Fedora is still "the new kid" -- time will tell how much support it will > gain. Gentoo I believe is too much of a hassle. I use it at home, for a > server the critical aspectes for me are easy maintenance and quick > responses to new security volunrabilities. With gentoo a security update > is a recompile. > I'm leaning towards Debian at the moment -- it has a wide user base, > uses the great apt system (though Fedora can use it too, I guess), and > generates new security updates quickly. > > Anyone can contradict that? > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
