[Sussex] OK - recommend me a distribution, please...

[Neil Ford]

On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 07:18  pm, Mark Harrison wrote:

> Now, I'm going to make this more complex, and set some constraints... 
> Thus
> making the question different from "which is your favourite 
> distribution"
> :-)
>
> So, here we go:
>
> - Must run on Compaq Proliant

Well Deadrat certainly used to run fine on Proliants. They make 
excellent Half-life servers :-)

> - Must be installable from floppy + net connection (ie - NOT require a 
> CD)
> - Must be compatable with Magic Carpet
> - Must run Nessus
> - Must NOT require too much in Linux expertise
> - Must not take more than a couple of hours to install

> Anyone saying "Gentoo" based on the last two requirements is unlikely 
> to
> find a rewarding career in consultancy :-)
>
Umm.... FreeBSD?

Seriously, it installs a dream over the net, has support for Compaq's 
Smart Array controller and with the linux compatibility stuff, runs 
most linux stuff okay. And being BSD, no Linux expertise is required :-)

Neil.