Fab! I was being a little sarcastic though. But, all hail Debian, truly the best distro around in terms of sheer community and dedication. I don't care about any distro as long as it does the job. In saying that though, I wouldn't want to inherit a gentoo environment! Experience with all and many isn't a bad idea. <br>
<br>We live in interesting times!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Callum Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott.callum@gmail.com">scott.callum@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You can buy debian cds from here <a href="http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/#uk" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/#uk</a> :p <br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Iain Black <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iaingblack@gmail.com" target="_blank">iaingblack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">No-one ever got fired buying Microsoft :)<br><br>I'd buy Debian if I could but that damn GPL gets in the way... :P<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Barry Horne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhorne@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhorne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>You try running that as a server and see how far you get!<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div></div><div><div><br>On 1 Nov 2009, at 00:02, Iain Black <<a href="mailto:iaingblack@gmail.com" target="_blank">iaingblack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Windows 7...?<br><br>*RUNS*<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ross Imlach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank">ross@imlach.info</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Ian, I'm not too bothered about it being cutting edge, I'd rather it was stable to be honest!<br><font color="#888888"><br>Ross</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Iain Black <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iaingblack@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:iaingblack@gmail.com" target="_blank">iaingblack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Hell, go crazy, try Gentoo!<div><div></div><div><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Ross Imlach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank">ross@imlach.info</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks Greg<br><br>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..<div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Greg Sutcliffe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.sutcliffe@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:greg.sutcliffe@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.sutcliffe@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hey Ross,</p>
<p>Debian is a solid server (or desktop :p) distro. I'd have no problems recommending it :)</p>
<p>Greg</p>
<p>Greg Sutcliffe<br>
Linux Sysadmin<br>
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<p></p><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div>On Oct 31, 2009 11:19 PM, "Ross Imlach" <<a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:ross@imlach.info" target="_blank">ross@imlach.info</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>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?<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>If anyone has any suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Ross<br>
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