[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

[Shane O'Donnell]

I have to agree with everyone else.  CentOS.  Definitely.

;-)

Shane O.

On 12/19/05, Mark Freeze <mfreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd have to throw my vote in for Ubuntu also.  Since Jason installed my
> server I've installed 3 desktops and one laptop and have yet to have any
> major problems.  Ubuntu (IMHO) is way easier to install and work with rather
> than my old Mandrake installation.
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
>
> On 12/19/05, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/19/05, Brian Weaver <cmdrclueless at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Without trying to start a distro war I'd like to get some decent input
> > so I
> > > can attempt to make a sound decision for once in my life. I have a
> > server
> > > that I'm running at home that I need to upgrade. I'm currently running
> > > Mandrake 9.2 (FiveStar) release. It has been a long time since I've been
> > > able to update the box and I need to move to a currently supported
> > > distrobution for security reasons. I have another box I was planning on
> > > making my primary server, just so I could turn on the old one if
> > something
> > > went wrong.
> > >
> > > The problem I have is which distrubution makes the most sense from a
> > > stability and supportability. The two that I've been messing with are
> > CentOS
> > > 4 and Debian Sarge, other suggestions are welcome.
> >
> > At this point, I'd probably recommend just using Ubuntu.  It will do
> > everything
> > you listed, it's installation is a piece of cake, and it's very much up to
> > date.
> > You should make sure you add the universe and multiverse repositories
> > to the apt sources.list, but other than that, there's almost nothing
> > (if anything)
> > custom that needs to be done with it.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tanner
> >
> >
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