[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

Mark Freeze mfreeze at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 12:19:52 EST 2005


I'd have to throw my vote in for Ubuntu also.  Since Jason installed my
server I've installed 3 desktops and one laptop and have yet to have any
major problems.  Ubuntu (IMHO) is way easier to install and work with rather
than my old Mandrake installation.

Regards,
Mark.


On 12/19/05, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/19/05, Brian Weaver <cmdrclueless at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Without trying to start a distro war I'd like to get some decent input
> so I
> > can attempt to make a sound decision for once in my life. I have a
> server
> > that I'm running at home that I need to upgrade. I'm currently running
> > Mandrake 9.2 (FiveStar) release. It has been a long time since I've been
> > able to update the box and I need to move to a currently supported
> > distrobution for security reasons. I have another box I was planning on
> > making my primary server, just so I could turn on the old one if
> something
> > went wrong.
> >
> > The problem I have is which distrubution makes the most sense from a
> > stability and supportability. The two that I've been messing with are
> CentOS
> > 4 and Debian Sarge, other suggestions are welcome.
>
> At this point, I'd probably recommend just using Ubuntu.  It will do
> everything
> you listed, it's installation is a piece of cake, and it's very much up to
> date.
> You should make sure you add the universe and multiverse repositories
> to the apt sources.list, but other than that, there's almost nothing
> (if anything)
> custom that needs to be done with it.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
>
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