I was wondering when someone was going to say about mandrake :) I use it on all the servers I deal with...
Johnno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Greenwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Distro for a server > The other option is Mandrake ;) Updates are free and are kept up with > well....easy to update via urpmi too. > > Cheers > > Jason > > John Blance wrote: > > >We use RH here, but I'm not sure that I would recommend it unless you > >are going to buy one of the "Commercial" versions. > > > >RPM is OK at best and RH are quite slow at releasing version upgrades to > >packages. They usually back-port security updates to an earlier version > >of the application. > > > >You can run apt-get on redhat though... > > > >Just my $0.02 > > > > > > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/03 11:35 AM >>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > >On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 10:41:44 +1200 > >Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>The differences between the > >>various distros are all in the installation method, and the methods > >> > >> > >used to set up, stop > > > > > >>and start the daemons. There is also the aesthetic and cosmetic > >> > >> > >differences, > > > >There is one other very big difference: update mechanisms. IMHO one of > >the most important differences is the update (security or otherwise) > >mechanism. (you did touch on this later in your email). rpm hell is to > >be avoided. for that reason my next server (for which I already have the > >hardware) will be debian or gentoo. > > > > > > > >
