[Falkirk] Server distro

[Iain Black]

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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