[Falkirk] Server distro

[Barry Horne]

You try running that as a server and see how far you get!

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On 1 Nov 2009, at 00:02, Iain Black <iaingblack at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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