Re: [Hampshire] What distro?

On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 12:54:30PM +0000, Jacqui Caren wrote:

> My problem is picking the distro.
>
> So for your internet facing box what distros do you use?

The best distribution is most likely the one you know best,
and can find support on. Regardless of what anybody else will
tell you.

> I use a number of distros at work and the choices seem to be
>
> * gentoo

If it is "lowend" then compiling from source will be a little
painful. Still I guess the services will be minimal so it might
not be a big deal.

> * debian

My choice.
For those that say Ubuntu I'd ask what the gain is in the role
of a server..? (Sure their desktop is pretty/simpler/different but
my understanding is that Ubuntu server is much less customized.)

> * redhat

If you can pay for it, but it is a little heavyweight. The Centos
or Fedora Core distros seem good, but upgrades between releases have
been historically more problematic than Debian/Gentoo.

Steve
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