On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 09:51:40AM +0800, Andy Sy wrote: > I am currently consulting for a company and have plans to deploy > a Linux server for them in the near future. Since I am most familiar > with Slackware, that is the distro I am planning to install on it. > > A possible server configuration would be: > > Samba - to act as file server for Windoze XP clients > Firebird - for the database server > Apache and perhaps an FTP daemon > > Now, once this is setup, I would like to hand over maintenance > to a competent sysadmin. What I'd like to know is how many > local Linux professionals would be competent enough to maintain a > Slackware-based server versus say, a Redhat/Suse one? > > I haven't used Debian, but I have a feeling it is similar to > Slackware in that eschews 3rd party GUI tools whose advantage > is mainly cosmetic so my guess is that someone who's comfortable > with Debian should feel quite at home with Slackware. > > But what about those who breathe Redhat and/or Suse? Would > they do a good job of maintaining this server?
My feeling is that anyone who really knows what they're doing can step into pretty much any Linux distro and figure out what they need within a few minutes. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
