[WYLUG-help] Server distro - which one?

[John Hodrien]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Mike Goodman wrote:

> I'm a bit tired of FC4 installing its somewhat lacking versions of
> packages I wish to use.

Like what out of interest?  My complaint with Fedora for a server is definitely the short
support cycle, rather than anything else.

> The only one I can get any sense out of, probably because I've used it
> before, is RH9. It seems a bit daft to start out today with relatively
> modern kit and plenty of power with such an old distro.
>
> Can anyone suggest a more modern (at least kernel 2.4) distro which I
> will be able to set up for the above with a minimum of fuss?

I'd download a copy of Centos.  It's just a rebuild of Redhat EL4, so should
fit in well with your desire for a shinier RH9.  LVM nicely integrated with
the installer, although they don't finish the job properly until FC5.

jh

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