[Falkirk] Server distro

[Iain Black]

Windows 7...?

*RUNS*

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Ross Imlach <ross at imlach.info> wrote:

> 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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