[TriLUG] What Distro Would You Recommend?

[Ken Mink]

+1 Ubuntu as a server

I just got done doing a Ubuntu PPC install on an old B&W Mac. I did a
minimal install and built up from there. This machine is a headless server.
It went very smoothly and I had no problems finding the packages I needed,
but didn't get stuck with a bunch I didn't need.

Ken

On 12/19/05, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/19/05, Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com> wrote:
> > heh - so what you're saying is you want Debian, but with one of those
> > big red "Easy Buttons" from Staples that will future-proof you.
> >
> > Just go with Debian and "apt-get dist-upgrade" when the time is right.
> > This will probably be more satisfying to you than Ubuntu since you'll
> > immediately have more available packages without the temptation to flirt
> > with backporting, and you've flatly stated your disinterest in graphical
> > whiz-bang so lauded by Ubuntu fans. (FYI I use Ubuntu on my work PC)
>
> All the packages in Debian are also available in Ubuntu.  That's what
> the "universe" and "multiverse" repositories are that I mentioned ealier.
> Those are from debian and are recompiled (and whatever else needs to
> be done) for Ubuntu.
>
> You don't have to install a GUI to run ubuntu.  It works just fine as a
> headless
> server too.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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