David A. Bandel wrote:
Libranet provides an easy install of debian, and old version 2 is a free download. It's apt-get upgradeable. The paid version, 2.7, is much more recent. ($50)-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 08:36:19 -0800 begin Condon Thomas A KPWA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:Folks, I haven't had to worry about server software yet, but those days are past. I'll be using the week I have off at Christmas to install a server that will serve web and email for me. I'd be interested in what distros the folks on this list use for servers and why.This is not a recommendation, and particularly _not_ for inexperienced folks: Lately, despite my distaste for the GNU zealots, I've returned to using Debian. There's an installer for XFS too. Danger Will Robinson: Debian is difficult to install compared to other distros. It also installs and turns on a lot of crap if you don't watch. On the upside: one of the easiest to maintain w/ security patches, particularly over a phone line or other slow connection (a chicken could do it -- peck, peck). There are also 4 places in /etc that need editing to remove the incorrect usage of GNU as the owner of Linux and a few more below that. For less experienced, I've found Slackware to be an exceptionally good distro. Personally, I wouldn't touch RH. Ciao, David A. Bandel
And I hear debian is coming out with a new installer. Supposed to be much improved. (it's in alpha testing?)
Those rpm distros are put to shame by the debian packaging system.
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