Re: [Sheflug] Which distro?

["Michael J. FORD(SCI)" <M.J.Ford [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

I cant say about Mandrake but recent distributions of Redhat and SuSE are pretty intensive on the
hardware, whatever you install stick on the minimal packages and then configure from X.  If the box
is going to be a server, KDE, Gnome and other nice packages will slow you down. I would say go with
a recent SuSE, but thats just because that is what I have had the most success with. Also, if you
think you can get more RAM in the box then its worth the investment.  You can never have enough RAM.

Does Mandarke still ship with Nautillus?

Michael 


shef-lug@list.sheflug.org.uk writes:
>
>> Steve Tickle wrote:
>>  > The idea is to run Apache, PHP, MySQL, exim, VNC etc. Any suggestions
>> as
>>  > to what would be the most suitable distro to install, taking into
>>  > account ease of installation? (as I'm a muppet)
>>
>
>Slackware or Debian maybe, given that it wasn't a huge spec. They both
>aren't too hard to install, but are lightweight. My preference is for
>Slack (I've got complaints against Debian ... see the list archives).
>
>Thing is it may be a bit of a learning curve to what you're used to as
>neither hold your hand in the way that SuSE/Mandrake/Redhat do (or claim
>to do).
>
>Given that you may end up needing to install some things manually (I don't
>think Slack comes with exim, but I can't remember for certain; Debian
>probably does), on a muppet-rating scale of Gonzo to Kermit, where do you
>think you fall?
>
>Chris...
>
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