Have to keep voting for openSuse. Like they say, it doesn't matter much. After distro-hopping for 10 years I find it's easier to stick with what you know. If you've been using a distro for a long time and are used to the way it works, just keep using that. Any Linux distro can act as a server.
On Nov 8, 6:53 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The real answer IMHO is that there is no answer to "which is best." > > The fact is that there are so many distos tailored to specific needs that > it's a little like asking "which is the best wine." There is not universally > best wine -- it depends on one's taste. I like Shiraz; my wife likes Merlot; > my best friend likes Sangria. > > And, like wine, there are some varieties that make good table wines for any > occasion: Mandriva, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu are all good for the table. > > But, if you have a more individual taste, all you can really do it try a > little wine tasting. Go towww.distrowatch.comand see whats available. Who > knows -- you might like a distro tailored for Christians, Moslems, hackers, > video fans, gamers, folk with old computers, folk with small computers, > whatever. > > Unlike Windows, Linux is not one-size-fits-all. If you a fire-and-forget > distro, choose any of the big names. Otherwise, experiment and have fun. > > billo > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, hari k wrote: > > try Redhat Linux with Grub boot loader > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM, svega85 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I agree with hereandthere ubuntu is awsome. > > >> On Nov 7, 5:59 am, hereandthere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Ubuntu 8.10 is one of the most widely supported. The website for the > >>> forums is:http://www.ubuntufourms.org/ > > >>> and, it's has a lot of features. There would be a lot of help, should > >>> you run into trouble. > > >>> On Nov 3, 4:55 pm, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>> hello all, > > >>>> I'm getting ready to reload my piece of crap windows server with > >>>> linux - my overall goal is to use that computer as a media server to > >>>> host my music and movies to the other computers in my home. > > >>>> It's your run of the mill commercial PC, with a few bells and > >>>> whistles added (a PCI wireless ethernet card, and a few extra Gb of > >>>> RAM added). > > >>>> I've got some experience in Linux, however not enough to really be > >>>> confident in what I'm doing. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Matthew > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
