[Falkirk] Server distro

[Callum Scott]

You can buy debian cds from here http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/#uk :p


On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Iain Black <iaingblack at gmail.com> wrote:

> No-one ever got fired buying Microsoft  :)
>
> I'd buy Debian if I could but that damn GPL gets in the way... :P
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> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Barry Horne <bhorne at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You try running that as a server and see how far you get!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 1 Nov 2009, at 00:02, Iain Black <iaingblack at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Windows 7...?
>>
>> *RUNS*
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>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ross Imlach < <ross at imlach.info>
>> ross at imlach.info> wrote:
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>>> 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>
>>> 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>
>>>> 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>
>>>>> 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>greg at emeraldreverie.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 31, 2009 11:19 PM, "Ross Imlach" < <ross at imlach.info>
>>>>>> 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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