On 9/16/05, Brijesh Mishra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > It might be a funny question for you guys, but I really need some help. > I need to know the stable and free version of Linux that I can use at my > server. > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >
Hello Brijesh, >From your question, you seem to be new to Linux. If that's the case and you want to get your system up and running effortlessly, go for SuSE of Mandriva. Both are newbie friendly and quite stable distros. Debian is very stable, but not easy to install for newbies. Ubuntu should be (I say should be because I haven't used it) quite stable as its based on Debian. Ubuntu/Kubuntu is newbie friendly. I am not sure if Ubuntu is tailor made for server use though. Having said that, all Linux systems are quite capable of being a server ;) Red Hat/Fedora is very stable as well and a good distro. But, I don't like it. That's just my opinion though. Like I said, it's quite stable and has good tools for configuration. There is also Gentoo, which is very stable as well. The portage system gives you the best possible control over the software you install. But, on my P4 1.9GHz, 768MB RAM system, it takes me 3 days to set it up with KDE. That's because Gentoo makes you compile everything and is definitely not meant for newbies. But Gentoo's documentation is possibly the best out there. Lastly, there's the grand daddy Slackware. It is the most stable distro out there. But it is also the distro that gives you the least automation of any kind. It's package management is quite primitive as well. HTH. -- |----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mrugesh Karnik | Registered Linux User #375243 |----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
