SuSE can be just as 'minimal' as any other linux distribution. I select
the packages I need for the system, regardless of the distribution. There
are a ton of benefits to the suse operating system. It's system
management tools are impressive. Just because a distribution has a lot
of software options (that of which you call junk) doesn't mean the system
has to contain them.
The idea behind all that "junk" is that it helps to serve everyone's
needs. The only thing I despise of SuSE (and most other distributions) is
the time it takes to select only the packages I want. I'm not sure
there's an easy way (or any way) around this type of thing though.
Regards,
Tim Rainier
"Chris Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/31/2004 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject: Re: [squid-users] My Squid Hardware -- Any
Tips/Advice Before It's Commissioned
> > > generally, are there any tips anyone can advise
> > > regarding the best i can get out of my
> > > hardware/software configuration..?.. it's been a while
> > > since i've built an enterprise squid box, and i want
> > > to do it right the first time... pretty much excited
> > > and looking forward to it..
> >
> > SUSE 8.2 is definitely _not_ the OS of choice for running a server in
a
> > corporate environment.
>OTOH, it is stable & if you don't want support from SuSE, its fine.
> > If you need any support for this machine, you should
> > run SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (which is based on SUSE LINUX 8.1).
>Only
> > for this OS SUSE LINUX will provide any support and maintenance for
more
> > than about two years (which is the normal lifetime for the SUSE LINUX
>8.x,
> > 9.x). SLES 8 is supported for at least five years from General
>Availability
> > of the product (which means support and maintenance will be available
>until
> > 2007).
>I have to say this looks like a blatant commercial for the more expensive
>SLES, where the cheaper product (I'd use 9.0) is fine. I have corporate
>servers running every release of SuSE Linux from 7.0 onwards - and have
>used
>5.3 (IIRC) for the same.
>
If this box will run Squid and Squid only then I'd be looking into one of
the more minimal distributions such as Debian. You don't need most of the
'junk' that distro's like Suse will install by default as most of the
services etc that will be running by default on distro's like Suse will
only
serve to slow things down.
hth
Regards,
Chris
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