[Falkirk] Server distro

[Iain Black]

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.

We live in interesting times!

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Callum Scott <scott.callum at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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