[olug] Help me select a distrob

Jake Churchill jachurchill at cox.net
Wed Apr 19 05:24:00 UTC 2006


I did the same thing.  You can re-direct it but it's not the same.  
check out 1and1.com

Eric Lusk wrote:
> I've had no problems, but I'm also only running Apache
> and ssh, so maybe if I tried SQL I'd be hosed.
> I'll have to try OpenSuse on my workstation, since the
> server's been stable.
> Won't matter soon, though, as far as my server goes;
> going to get hosting since I'm behing Cox's port 80
> block...
>
> --- Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I agree.  I recently switched my server to Mandriva
>> thinking that it'd 
>> make a better server software.  I was wrong.  Now
>> just have to find time 
>> to switch back.  Maybe I'll try something more "fun"
>> like Gentoo or Kororaa
>>
>> Will Langford wrote:
>>     
>>> As an experiment, put a new version of the
>>>       
>> community Mandriva on a system to
>>     
>>> act as a server.
>>>
>>> It was missing libraries like readline, there were
>>>       
>> no development packages
>>     
>>> for it, etc.  Making postgres a bit ugly to use
>>>       
>> heh.
>>     
>>> Although I imagine it does fine as a desktop
>>>       
>> distro, I wouldn't suggest it
>>     
>>> for anything more "interesting".
>>>
>>> -Will
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/18/06, Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net>
>>>       
>> wrote:
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I used to use Mandriva and I'd definitely chose
>>>>         
>> that over FC but I've
>>     
>>>> since switched to OpenSuse which like Mandrive
>>>>         
>> requires installing some
>>     
>>>> 3rd party software but I really like it the best.
>>>>
>>>> Eric Lusk wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Mandriva is good, but if you're getting the free
>>>>> version, you'll want to install some additional
>>>>> packages that are left out, as compared to the
>>>>>           
>> Club
>>     
>>>>> version.
>>>>> Most of the items left out are still available
>>>>>           
>> for
>>     
>>>>> download, and pretty often as .rpm files.
>>>>> There is a Mandriva community site run by
>>>>>           
>> Mandriva,
>>     
>>>>> but I believe that parts of that are restricted
>>>>>           
>> to
>>     
>>>>> Club members, possibly more now than the last
>>>>>           
>> time I
>>     
>>>>> was there.  But I usually get my support on a
>>>>> per-program basis, so I haven't had to use them
>>>>>           
>> for a
>>     
>>>>> while...
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Nick Veys <psylence519 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> It may be helpful for you to list out a few of
>>>>>>             
>> your
>>     
>>>>>> criteria you used
>>>>>> to narrow your search.  To be honest, FC5
>>>>>>             
>> seemed a
>>     
>>>>>> little half-baked
>>>>>> at release time, though I know they have fixed
>>>>>>             
>> many
>>     
>>>>>> of the release
>>>>>> issues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/17/06, Charles Bird
>>>>>>             
>> <thebirdman at operamail.com>
>>     
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> either one is a pretty safe bet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think there is alot more helpful users on
>>>>>>>               
>> FC5
>>     
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> than Mandriva. Having help is perhaps the most
>>>>>> important thing when fresh into it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org>
>>>>>>>> To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [olug] Help me select a distrob
>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:29:23 -0500 (CDT)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, HAB Boy wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:28:23 +0300
>>>>>>>>> From: HAB Boy <haobboy at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>> <olug at olug.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>> To: olug at olug.org
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [olug] Help me select a distrob
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Guys/Gals,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have done a lot of search to select a
>>>>>>>>>                   
>> distro
>>     
>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>> to switch from Win to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>> Linux. Finally, I came up to two distros
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Mandriva (Mandrake)
>>>>>>>>> 2. Fedora Core 5
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can any of you help me making a choice and
>>>>>>>>>                   
>> may
>>     
>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>> be give me some of the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>> pros and cons of both based on experience
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> HAB
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Out of your list, I would choose Fedora Core
>>>>>>>>                 
>> 5.
>>     
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>> Adding the packages to
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>> Play DVDs, Movies and MP3s is pretty easy
>>>>>>>>                 
>> using
>>     
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>> yum or yumex, and I
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>> haven't found a format I can't play yet. 
>>>>>>>>                 
>> Plus,
>>     
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>> FC5 is very current, as
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>> it has the latest versions of Gnome and KDE
>>>>>>>>                 
>> to
>>     
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>> choose from.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>> Jon L.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Jon H. Larsen  - relayer -at- levania -dot-
>>>>>>>>                 
>> org
>>     
>>>>>>>> Operations Manager, Omaha Linux Users Group -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>>                 
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