Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-24 Thread Amos Shapira
On 22/09/06, Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Unlike some people, I would recommend going with something rather more modern then Debian stable. The main problem with Debian stable is while it is stable (which is great for serious production work by trained professionals), its is rather old,

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:49:18AM +0300, Oded Arbel wrote: > > --=-uEA6EYo52oxs/+4ni8Zq > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 10:04 +0300, David Suna wrote: > > > I am purchasing a new computer and will be setting it up from scratch. > > Until

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-22 Thread Vitaly Karasik
> Until now I have been using RedHat releases however I have read a lot > about newer distributions (i.e Ubuntu etc.) > On my current server I am still running RedHat 9. So I suggest you to use CentOS - today we have CentOS 4 and in a few months CentOS5, based on RHEL5 will be releas

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-22 Thread David Suna
I went to the Ubuntu site and they have an option for a server configuration. Anyone know anything about it? Any pointers for a review etc.? Thanks and Shana Tova David Suna [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oded Arbel wrote: Ubuntu and a lot of other new and rather interesting and even well done Linux

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-21 Thread Oded Arbel
--=-uEA6EYo52oxs/+4ni8Zq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 10:04 +0300, David Suna wrote: > I am purchasing a new computer and will be setting it up from scratch. > Until now I have been using RedHat releases however I have read a lot > about newer

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-21 Thread Julian Daich
I donĀ“t know about servers, but I have experience on Desktop using. I recommend Debian Etch. It is stable, simple to use and install and it has a bunch of software well actualized with many maintainers. It also has a lot of both community and private support. However, Etch is still on Beta until De

Re: Distribution recommendation

2006-09-21 Thread Lior Kaplan
David Suna wrote: > This machine will be an internal server for a SOHO setup. It will > provide the following services: Server ? Take Debian stable. I'm afraid I won't take Ubuntu for server as they focus on bleeding edge software for desktop while using the Debian infrastructure. -- Lior Kap

Distribution recommendation

2006-09-21 Thread David Suna
I am purchasing a new computer and will be setting it up from scratch. Until now I have been using RedHat releases however I have read a lot about newer distributions (i.e Ubuntu etc.) I would like to get recommendations for what would be the best distribution for my needs. This machine wil