Aaron Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'll put in a big request for this NOT to happen. I've dealt with > some Ubuntu installations and I can't say that I really enjoy them. > They seem to also have way to high of an overhead for what you get. > If we actually wanted the things that we could get with that > overhead, then maybe, but it seems like a complete waste. While > we're talking about something like this (not that it's going to > change anything) my personal preference would be to see either > Slackware or OpenBSD on one of the servers; of course Debian is as > good as any, and it's a very nice system, no reason really to change > it that I see.
That may be your experience with Ubuntu, but I assure you that a Ubuntu installation does not necessarily have to be bloated, similarly to a Debian installation. I'm not talking about doing a full live CD install, complete with the X Server and GNOME -- far from it! What I propose is taking just the packages that we need, and that are relevant to a server environment. Think of our current Debian setup, basically, but with newer versions of each package. We can even safely perform a dist-upgrade safely from Debian stable (which we currently have on the new machines, to the best of my knowledge) to a stable Ubuntu release -- I have done this myself at least 7 different times -- which would only add packages that come with updated versions of the packages we want, and nothing else. I am even willing to perform the upgrade on our new machines myself, pending further discussion on the matter and a consensus on using Ubuntu. -- Michael Olson -- FSF Associate Member #652 -- http://www.mwolson.org/ Interests: Lisp, text markup, protocols -- Jabber: mwolson_at_hcoop.net /` |\ | | | Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS, Planner, ErBot, DVC |_] | \| |_| Reclaim your digital rights by eliminating DRM. See http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm for details.
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