Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-11 Thread Pankaj kaushal
Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: I also maintain some 5000 Freebsd servers. Maintaining BSD servers is not fun, Sometimes, you just want to pull your hair out. simple Ohh so Yahoo has 5000 servers - now I know ;). No 000 actually 000 what I really ment to 000 type was five 000 X-( my damn 0 key

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Pankaj kaushal
Gaurav Mishra wrote: using ubuntu since 4.10 and having ubuntu, kubuntu, edubuntu , ubuntu-server all 5.10 with me. but i wanted to see the real os from where the ubuntu started. First off! learn how to quote. What is it that you want to do? IMHO, there is a very big difference between Debian

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Very well put, Pankaj. Just one question ... On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 1:44 pm, Pankaj kaushal wrote: On the server: I have never used ubuntu on a server so I wont comment about that. But, I have used debian on various kind of server settings, mail, web, gateway. It rocks ... the ease of

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Gaurav Mishra
Hi all, I am running a Desktop, and was really attached to ubuntu, after redhat and mandrake... But wanna play around some more, and downloading etch Seeya -- Smooth Sea Never makes a Skilled Mariner Linux User #348873

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread gaurav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 this is What I use Laptop : kubuntu Works Out the Box ... Synaptic is really great Dev WebServer/CVS : debian Stable 3.1 Debian got Gforge deb which otherwise has very tedious mannual installation Server : FreeBsd 5.4 (after removing RHES 3.1)

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
I am thinking of trying out the new ubuntu-server. So have some questions: Dev WebServer/CVS : debian Stable 3.1 Which packages does Debian stable have which Ubuntu doesnt? What makes Debian stable ... stable? Server : FreeBsd 5.4 (after removing RHES 3.1) Rock Solid as server , great

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 11/10/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which commonly used packages does Freebsd have in it ports collection that Debian/Ubuntu doesnt? You can find more info here - http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ Also, can anyone point me to any references which have performance

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 4:41 pm, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Also, can anyone point me to any references which have performance measurements of Freebsd versus Linux? Till now I have only heard about FreeBSD being better in performance than Linux. Anyone has any links to tests which have proved

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread gaurav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: |I am thinking of trying out the new ubuntu-server. So have some questions: | |Dev WebServer/CVS : debian Stable 3.1 | | |Which packages does Debian stable have which Ubuntu doesnt? What makes Debian |stable ... stable?

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 4:49 pm, Vinayak Hegde wrote: On 11/10/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which commonly used packages does Freebsd have in it ports collection that Debian/Ubuntu doesnt? You can find more info here - http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ I know where the

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Raj shekhar
in infinite wisdom Sandip Bhattacharya spoke thus on 11/10/05 16:41: Also, can anyone point me to any references which have performance measurements of Freebsd versus Linux? Till now I have only heard about FreeBSD being better in performance than Linux. Anyone has any links to tests which

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 11/10/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 4:49 pm, Vinayak Hegde wrote: On 11/10/05, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which commonly used packages does Freebsd have in it ports collection that Debian/Ubuntu doesnt? You can find more

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Pankaj kaushal
Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 4:49 pm, Vinayak Hegde wrote: Which commonly used packages does Freebsd have in it ports collection that Debian/Ubuntu doesnt? Usually, what makes a software more stable is what it does not have rather that what it has. I believe in the

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 5:24 pm, Vinayak Hegde wrote: I know where the ports are. I just wanted to know which packages do people commonly find missing in Linux that Freebsd has. You need to phrase your questions better then. Commonly used differs from person to person. An network admin's

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 6:48 pm, Pankaj kaushal wrote: I use ubuuntu on my laptop, FreeBSD as a desktop (yes you read it right) and Debian on servers. I shuffle between them seemlessy and I make them all do the job they are intended to do, I believe its mostly because, I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING.

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Thursday, 10 Nov 2005 5:24 pm, Raj shekhar wrote: in infinite wisdom Sandip Bhattacharya spoke thus on 11/10/05 16:41: Also, can anyone point me to any references which have performance measurements of Freebsd versus Linux? Till now I have only heard about FreeBSD being better in

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Pankaj kaushal
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 6:48 pm, Pankaj kaushal wrote: doesnt compute - you use debian on servers and maintain 5000 freebsd servers Its simple, Passion and Warfare. didnt get it? one is passion other is a job req. -- Wir wollen dass ihr uns alles glaubt.

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 7:45 pm, Pankaj kaushal wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Thursday 10 Nov 2005 6:48 pm, Pankaj kaushal wrote: doesnt compute - you use debian on servers and maintain 5000 freebsd servers Its simple, Passion and Warfare. didnt get it? one is passion other is a job

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-09 Thread Gaurav Mishra
using ubuntu since 4.10 and having ubuntu, kubuntu, edubuntu , ubuntu-server all 5.10 with me. but i wanted to see the real os from where the ubuntu started. On 11/9/05, gaurav [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I sugguest you opt for ubuntu which is debia

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-09 Thread विवेक ऐय ्यर விவெக ஐய்யர் Vivek Iyyer
On 11/8/05, Gaurav Mishra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, which is the latest debian distro i don`t mind testing or unstable one but which one is better etch or sid, in terms of latest packages There are two different questions you are asking. Which debian distribution is better

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-09 Thread Manish Gulati
Hi, The latest one is Debian 3.1r0a AFAIK (sarge i.e, stable release). I just finished downloading it and trying to cut a DVD for same. Regards MG Gaurav Mishra wrote: |Hi all, | which is the latest debian distro i don`t mind testing or unstable |one but which one is better etch or

Re: [ilugd] which debian ?

2005-11-08 Thread gaurav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I sugguest you opt for ubuntu which is debia based (works out of the box ,latest pakage) and activate muti universe repo (17,000 packages ) Gaurav Mishra wrote: |Hi all, | which is the latest debian distro i don`t mind testing or unstable |one but