[Falkirk] Server distro

[Ross Imlach]

Ian, I'm not too bothered about it being cutting edge, I'd rather it was
stable to be honest!

Ross

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Iain Black <iaingblack at gmail.com> wrote:

> Debian is stable but missing the latest programs, it updates every 3+
> years... Changing repositories can alleviate this but at the cost of
> stability  :P
>
> Perhaps try SuSe or Fedora, the two other major distros out there. Its all
> good, just backup your work/data and it really doesn't matter what you use.
> As long as you get that the OS is there to help you do stuff you'll be fine.
>
> Hell, go crazy, try Gentoo!
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Ross Imlach <ross at imlach.info> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Greg
>>
>> I think I will go with Debian, it seems a lot more stable than the latest
>> Ubuntu. I might run it on a VM on my main machine to try it as a desktop OS
>> also, I'm getting tired of Ubuntu to be honest..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Greg Sutcliffe <
>> greg.sutcliffe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Ross,
>>>
>>> Debian is a solid server (or desktop :p) distro. I'd have no problems
>>> recommending it :)
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> Greg Sutcliffe
>>> Linux Sysadmin
>>> greg at emeraldreverie.org
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2009 11:19 PM, "Ross Imlach" <ross at imlach.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently updated my server to the latest Ubuntu (Karmic), but Its been
>>> pretty unstable since the upgrade, so I've decided to move onto another
>>> distro. Can anyone point me towards a good server distro?
>>>
>>> I was looking at Debian, a) because Ubuntu is a derivative of it, so I
>>> should be able to pick it up easily, and b) I've heard its pretty good in
>>> general.
>>>
>>> If anyone has any suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
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