Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
I am an inconditional to freebsd and I love it. Unfortunately I have an
application that doesn't support freebsd and only run on linux. I tried to
run
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:29:35 -0400
Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to install a linux machine and don't know which distribution
to take.
I tried debian ubuntu and fedora and didn't like them.
I want:
- A basic install (not 900 packages installed by default
- No gui, I like
I'd go with CRUXwww.crux.nu
I've used it for the same reasons as a base for my embedded Linux distro's
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM, RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try Gentoo
Personally I find Gentoo too temperamental and a pain in the rear,... but
YMMV
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In response to Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have to install a linux machine and don't know which distribution to take.
I highly recommend CentOS for the following reasons:
1) It's free.
2) It's kept up to date.
3) It's 100% Red Hat compatible, which means:
a) 99% of the howtos on the
Absolutely Gentoo. A very flexible distro, doing what you say to do!
Ian Lord wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
I am an inconditional to freebsd and I love it.
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From: Diego F. Arias R. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: Linux for freebsd admins
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slackware, is one of themore similar unix-like distro. If you dont
want prebuild packages then you can try.
On Fri
Ian Lord wrote:
I have to install a linux machine and don't know which distribution to take.
I tried debian ubuntu and fedora and didn't like them.
I want:
- A basic install (not 900 packages installed by default
- No gui, I like my flashing cursor
- an equivalent of ports. I want
Debian (not Ubuntu ..)
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 07:29 -0400, Ian Lord wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
I am an inconditional to freebsd and I love it. Unfortunately I
Em Sex, 2008-07-11 às 16:03 +0200, Julien Cigar escreveu:
Debian (not Ubuntu ..)
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 07:29 -0400, Ian Lord wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:54:55 +0200
Ross Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM, RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try Gentoo
Personally I find Gentoo too temperamental and a pain in the rear,... but
YMMV
I'll have to agree here... first i thought, cool, you can
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:57:08 -0400
Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In response to Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have to install a linux machine and don't know which distribution to
take.
I highly recommend CentOS for the following reasons:
1) It's free.
2) It's kept up to
Le 11/07/2008 à 07:29:35-0400, Ian Lord a écrit
Hi,
I tried debian ubuntu and fedora and didn't like them.
I want:
- A basic install (not 900 packages installed by default
- No gui, I like my flashing cursor
- an equivalent of ports. I want to easily compile my ports I don't
Ian,
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Ian Lord wrote:
I have to install a linux machine and don't know which distribution to take.
I tried debian ubuntu and fedora and didn't like them.
I want:
- A basic install (not 900 packages installed by default
- No gui, I like my flashing cursor
- an
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:23:43 +0200
Albert Shih [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fedora/CentOS : Using yum and rpm. Work well but they are not many
packages in the official repository. You need to find with rpmfind
many package.
you may want to use dag's repository, as well as the
Le 12/07/2008 à 00:08:51+1000, Norberto Meijome a écrit
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:23:43 +0200
Albert Shih [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fedora/CentOS : Using yum and rpm. Work well but they are not many
packages in the official repository. You need to find with rpmfind
many package.
Simple question whats the application, and what does it state for
requirements, by the way anything RPM based or Gentoo completely suck and
are royal pains in the ASS
so... i wonder why this app wouldnt run on Ubuntu Server or Debian for that
matter, whats the application, because Debian is by far
Quoting Outback Dingo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Simple question whats the application, and what does it state for
requirements, by the way anything RPM based or Gentoo completely suck and
are royal pains in the ASS
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Redhat sucks, you have to pay them monies, it's
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:47 PM, David Alanis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Outback Dingo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Why do you want to dumb down? ...
Maintainabily and ease of administration are not dumbing down if done
correctly and in a way that doesn't impeed flexibility if you want it.
You hit on my key point... maintainability... i feel FreeBSD ports, Debians
based APT systems, Arch, and to an extent Gentoo, are maintainable, Gentoo
in my opinion being the least so, why the portage system, though
useable is not 100% admin freindly in my opinion. Notice i said in my
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:29:35AM -0400, Ian Lord wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread on which
distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
I am an inconditional to freebsd and I love it. Unfortunately I have an
I also find ot quite funny nobody asked about the heart of the matter before
spewing outlinux derivitives
its not a complex equation here, problem, app wount run... solution change
OS ?? doesnt strike me as a good path for
resolving the original issue
problem, app wount run
solution what the app
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:29:35 -0400, Ian Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am not trying to start a war linux vs freebsd or a long thread
on which distribution is best. Just trying to get a quick answer here.
I am an inconditional to freebsd and I love it. Unfortunately I have
an
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