[ale] Linux Server distros

[Richard Kolkovich]

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On 07/22/06 18:47, Jim Popovitch published:
> So, I've been planning for some new server setups, and thus have been 
> looking at CentOS 4 and Debian Sarge.  I'm pretty familiar with both.  I 
> must say that in general both suck as a _server_ OS.  Particularly 
> because they either don't easily support advanced end hardware (GB 
> interfaces, RAID, etc) as is the case with Debian Sarge.  CentOS 4 
> supports the higher end hardware (x86_64, etc), but it installs a ton of 
> extra crap even on it's "minimal firewall install".  Why would someone 
> want cups, some font/xlibs, nfs, etc. on a firewall?
> 
> Is there a better x86_64 server distro that doesn't require a 1000 post 
> install tricks to make secure, slim, and usable?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -Jim P.

If you do not care about "official" support, I would recommend Gentoo.
I run it on my servers with no problems as long as you read before
updating packages (but that is the case with most anything...updates can
break things ;)).

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Richard Kolkovich
sarumont at sigil.org

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