Re: [Sheflug] Which distro?

[Dr Eric Edward Moore <eemoore [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

"Chris J" <cej [at] nightwolf.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.

Debian is lightweight?  With 15,000 packages in unstable, that seems a
kinda bizarre thing to call it :)  Woody (stable) is 14 CD's (7
binary, 7 source, I think). 

> My preference is for Slack (I've got complaints against Debian
> ... see the list archives).

Happy debian user here :)

> 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).

That's true, debian isn't too terribly simple to install.

Well, pretty simple to install for a server, getting sound and
scanners, and other things like that to work can be a bit trickier.  X
is moderately tricky (though there may be an easier way :)

> 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),

Debian comes with exim, even as the default mail server.

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