Re: [slim] Re: Linux Distributions
hickinbottoms wrote: > My vote would be for Gentoo, but it's too personal a choice to try to > justify - it's just the one I know best. I suspect most people's > opinions would be the same on this question. That has to be the most reasonable encouragement for Gentoo use I've ever seen :-) You're going to lose your "ONE TRUE LINUX!" membership card. To add one more to the mix: I'm a looong time Red Hat/Fedora user and found the installation and management of the slimserver to be absurdly easy and well documented. I've recently, partially switched to Ubuntu and and surprised by, well, how much I like it. Even with the .deb package, however, the installation of the slimserver on my Ubuntu box was not trivial, especially because I was used to it being installed in a different place with different permissions, etc. [Without the .deb package, I was starting to spin my wheels.] -- Chip Hart - Pediatric Solutions * Physician's Computer Company chip @ pcc.com * 1 Main St. #7, Winooski, VT 05404 800-722-7708 * http://www.pcc.com/~chip f.802-846-8178 * Pediatric Software Just Got Smarter. Your Practice Just Got Healthier. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
I've personally used Clark Connect http://www.clarkconnect.com/ There is a decent (if a bit old) review of what it can do at http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2004/10/28/review_clarkconnect/ Its free for home use and is perfect intro to using Linux as a server OS - its designed to run 'headless' and has a very well thought out Web Interface for managing the box through the browser. You can pick and choose what modules you want to load in the Web interface (for example installing MySQL was a breeze). Finally as it is Fedora Core based it can use the RPMs for Slimserver. However if you still want to use the PC as a desktop as well then I would go with the flow here and recommend Ubuntu for that. -- Browny http://www.last.fm/user/BrownySV/ Browny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2295 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
I second the www.trustix.org vote. Uses RPM so its easy to install SlimServer. It is a bit lacking in the documentation area but has an active mailing list. -- Linzer -- Linzer Linzer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Linux Distributions
radish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OpenBSD is not a Linux distribution :) > Ok, well, ya got me on a technicality there. :-) Kevin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
Easy to install, small, fast, stable, secure, autoupdate, rpm, don't install hundreds of packages you never use and so on. http://www.trustix.org I'm not using Trusix right now. Don't have dedicated server. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1342 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
OpenBSD is not a Linux distribution :) -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
I've not run Slimserver on it, but security-wise, OpenBSD probably has the best track record. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
My preference is CentOS. But I am after stability/security and do not fell the need to have the latest versions of every prog. In addition I run most of my linux servers headless so I have no kde vs gnome preference. -- BeerCan BeerCan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3706 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Linux Distributions
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 05:17 -0700, bobharp wrote: > Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. > http://www.ubuntu.com/download > It meets all of your requirements. I've just converted over to kubuntu (KDE version) after 5+ years of gnome (Ubuntu uses gnome). I find KDE a better interface. I'd go for www.kubuntu.com. Hint: Have a look at automatix[1] for installing useful tools you will need for listening to music. If you use AMD the easybreezy[2] does a similar job. [1] http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=138405 [2] http://robotgeek.org/blog/easybreezy/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
'Course if we're talking live CDs, the ultimate would be Michael Herger's 'SlimCD' (http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=763), which contains SlimServer and a barebones Linux distro (DSL/Knoppix) on a disc. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
bobharp Wrote: > Jon, > > Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. > http://www.ubuntu.com/download > It meets all of your requirements. > It's a great way to try the OS to see if it runs on your hardware. The > Slimserver folks have kindly created a debian based install for us linux > neophytes which makes the installation as easy as Windows. > In my opinion it also runs better than Windows and requires less > maintenance. Give it a whirl. Another vote here for Ubuntu. Some more experienced hands are put off that the standard distribution doesn't include the standard development tools you need to build from source (make, gcc, etc.), but the "apt-get" utility is so good that it's very easy to download and install what you need. Also, if you only want to run server applications, like slimserver, there is a version of Ubuntu that is optimized for being a server. Especially great if you have an old machine that you want to make into a dedicated music server. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Linux Distributions
bobharp wrote: Jon, Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/download It meets all of your requirements. It's a great way to try the OS to see if it runs on your hardware. The Slimserver folks have kindly created a debian based install for us linux neophytes which makes the installation as easy as Windows. In my opinion it also runs better than Windows and requires less maintenance. Give it a whirl. I am on this path as well, but will postpone for another few weeks until next major upgrade of Ubuntu hits ftp-servers. version 6.06alpha6 was released about a week ago (stable release is at 5.10) best, peter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
bobharp Wrote: > Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. Furthermore, try it risk-free inside a VMWare Player virtual machine so you don't even need to reboot or burn a CD: Download the free player from here: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ Download your OS of choice from here: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/community.html#OS My vote would be for Gentoo, but it's too personal a choice to try to justify - it's just the one I know best. I suspect most people's opinions would be the same on this question. -- hickinbottoms Stuart -"Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after - with Lazy Searching!"- hickinbottoms's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=255 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linux Distributions
Jon, Try the bootable Live CD of Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/download It meets all of your requirements. It's a great way to try the OS to see if it runs on your hardware. The Slimserver folks have kindly created a debian based install for us linux neophytes which makes the installation as easy as Windows. In my opinion it also runs better than Windows and requires less maintenance. Give it a whirl. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22940 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
