> >> The only thing that I did not like was Debiens versioning. > >> > >> I is hard to run the latest and greatest Nagios, etc when > the distro > >> does not want to let you. > >> > >> If sticking with Deb, would you suggest doing a manual > >> install/compile of apache, mysql, nagios, etc? > > > > Usually, I only use apt-get (or yum/rpm on RedHat) to > install libraries and all that kind of stuff.. When it comes > to install application like Apache or Nagios, I prefer to > compile them myself so that I've the power to (de)select > everything I want. > > For those that don't want their package management software > to get in the way I suggest Slackware. You get the bare > minimum, and then you can do whatever you want with it :) > > What I don't like about many distros is that they try to > support everything and in the end it get bloated no matter > what you really need. > You can do everything you want with Slackware but you'll have > to do it yourself. On the good side you end up with a very > lean and fast OS no matter what you're doing with it.
This would be why I dread seeing the "What OS/distro should I use?" question pop up... This has gone so far beyond anything remotely Nagios-related it's getting ridiculous. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
