On May 3, 2005 02:14 pm, Juan Alberto Cirez wrote: > Travis, > That's a tough one. For once, what determines if a distro works for you > or not is your level of proficiency...Granted, if you're thinking a > deploying Net Services (i.e Web, Samba, et al...), then you're pass the > "newbie" stage... > In my case, I like a barebone-no-nonsense distro, with everything I need > and nothing I don't. So far, Slackware is the only one that fits the > bill for me...
Looked at Gentoo? > > Travis Rousseau wrote: > >Ok it will be setup as a server, no GUI, nothing that's not needed. > >It will server these purposes: > >Samba server (just in the internal network) > >Web server (one site external a few internal sites) > >NFS Server (internal network only) > >MySQL server (internal network only) > > > >The smallest space footprint would be best. > > > >I would like the software to be quite stable and tested (IE. not MySQL > >5 or apache2 (where its only security patches and not new features)) > >I don't much like RPM distros but if that's the best option that's > >what I'll use. > >I'd like a good package management system. > >I won't be installing source code. ( I want to keep with the packages > >to easily keep track of everything.) > > > >I been thinking about Debian or FreeBSD. > > > >what do you guys thing would be the best option (Please post other > >distros if you think they are better)? > > > >Travis R. > > > >P.S. Sorry I just cant think today. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >clug-talk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >**Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
