[Falkirk] Server distro

[Iain Black]

No-one ever got fired buying Microsoft  :)

I'd buy Debian if I could but that damn GPL gets in the way... :P


On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Barry Horne <bhorne at gmail.com> wrote:

> You try running that as a server and see how far you get!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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>
> 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>
>> 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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