[mdlug] Chaning distros

[Dan Pritts]

A reasonable choice if you don't want to pay for red hat 
is Centos.  They take the SRPMS from RH, remove any copyrighted 
material (artwork, etc) and rebuild them.  

You get the stability of RHEL and the price of fedora.  



On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 08:43:03AM -0500, Wojtak, Greg wrote:
> My favorite distro is Red Hat. Assuming you don't want to pay for it, my
> next choice is Gentoo.  The initial setup can be a pain, but I love the
> flexibility the portage system gives you.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On 1/5/07 8:38 AM, "Carl T. Miller" <millerc at cantonpl.org> wrote:
> 
> > jack freeman wrote:
> >> I am looking to change distros on my web/mail/mysql server and wanted to
> >> know what people here thought at present I am using Mandravia. I would
> >> like a distro that will update automatically and allow me to install new
> >> commands via command line from the disk remotely. I have a habit of
> >> installing the minimal when I do a fresh install and i am always stuck
> >> having to wate till I go home to install a new command, I want to avoid
> >> that seeing how its over an hour to where my server is.
> > 
> > I use and recommend Debian, especially for someone who does
> > a minimal installation and wants to manage the server remotely
> > by command line.
> > 
> > Out of curiousity, what web and mail programs do you use?
> > 
> > c
> > 
> > 
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