[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

[David McDowell]

I'm going with CentOS here.  The folks who are suggesting Ubuntu for
this person's needs... I'm not so sure and I ask you WHY??  If you
recall, from the original message:
"It has been a long time since I've been able to update the box..." 
including other statements he said which kinda takes Ubuntu away from
being a desirable choice.  Sure, the release schedule is every 6
months, it has Deb under the hood, but it looks to me like he wants
the box to live long and prosper and not have to touch it all the time
(if at all per his lack of time).  Deb stable is probably another
great choice if you like Deb over CentOS.  Both of those should
provide you a long, stable and happy distro.  Now if you want a
desktop, Ubuntu is the way to go!  :)

David McD


On 12/19/05, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to agree with everyone else.  CentOS.  Definitely.
>
> ;-)
>
> Shane O.
>
> On 12/19/05, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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> > > clubjuggler at gmail dot com
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