it depends on what services you want to run on it. afaik oracle products exclusively run on redhat or suse, debian isn't officially supported. i bet it's the same for ibm, sap, or any proprietory vendor's product line. of course with redhat/suse you also get professional support service, so you can play the blame game with them if anything breaks.
however if you're running a free software stack, apache, mysql, postgresql then debian is well up to the task. i guess the same goes for slackware, as debian. however keeping it updated and patched is a bit of a hassle. plus the debian repositories are a blessing to have. --- etoom etoom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Servers from the big guys (IBM, HP,..) are almost > always certified to > work with SUSE and RedHat (or the other way round) > right out of the > box, no drivers missing, no headaches. > > On 4/3/06, Al-Faisal El-Dajani > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > what linux distros do you recommend for a server? > i heard that debian > > (stable), RHEL, and slackware are the best but > would like your input on this > > matter. > > Also, does anybody has any of these distros > available? > > > > -- > > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > > Tel: +962-7-77 799 781 > > P.O Box: 140056 > > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > > > May the source be with you > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
