[Tfug] Machine Rehabilitation

[Andrew Ayre]

I like the aptitude package management in Debian and Ubuntu, and I like the
Ubuntu community. I also like the idea of the Dapper Drake Long Term
Support, which is what I plan to use. I must admit I haven't really
researched how long the Debian repository support is. We run Debian Sarge on
a corporate server in Germany and it seems to work fine (the one with the
Qmail problem). If there are any really good reasons to choose Debian over
Ubunutu I would love to hear them. The server will be headless with Gnome
over VNC. I believe that vnc4server will start Gnome only when VNC is used,
which is perfect, as most of the time it won't be needed.

Andy


-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
Glen Pfeiffer
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:09 AM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Machine Rehabilitation


On 06/12/2007 10:32 AM, Andrew Ayre wrote:
> Well, in my defense I will point out that I'm about to ditch my
> Gentoo box for a Ubuntu box with faster CPU and more ram. My
> Gentoo box couldn't run SugarCRM at a usable speed...

I don't think you need to defend yourself. There are plenty of
reasons to run Gentoo, and one of the most important is that you
like it. Do what works for you and don't worry about everyone
else.

I have limited knowledge of Gentoo, but I do not think there is
anything technically inferior about it. It's just that I (and
many others) do not want to or cannot spend that much time
compiling.

Regarding Ubuntu, what criteria did you use to make your
decision? What other distributions have you considered? Just
curious.

--
Glen


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