Re: OSR507..... cabloooui
From: Brian (brian_at_stanley-park.com)
Date: 10/26/03
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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:44:13 GMT
Marc Champagne <marcch.AT.videotron.DOT.ca> wrote:
> What are your opinions/experience with Mandrake and/or RedHat
> 9, they seem attractive.
I have run RedHat and Mandrake in the past - Mandrake is of course based on
the RedHat distro and so relies on many of the same methods - rpm etc...
I prefer Slackware because it is like Unix and is a little more elemental
versus the more elaborate RedHat installs.
> Although now that you mentioned it, Slackware is *very*
> interesting.
I use it for anything from desktops to NAT/firewalls, nameservers,
mailservers, Windows/Unix file/print servers, database servers, Apache web
servers - I even have Wine set up on a couple boxes for "Must Have" Windows
applications.
> According to distrowatch.com, slackware is more advanced and
> Mandrake/RedHat would be good middle road distributions.
It is not bleeding edge but it has a pretty good upgrade schedule - if you
are interested - I have one faxserver box safely inside a friendly LAN that
have been running since '95 with only minor hardware replacements.
The latest version Slackware 9.1 is an excellent refinement upgrade for the
dramatic 9.0 release.
Mandrake 9.2 is experiencing some serious issues and cannot be recommended
at this time.
RedHat has a well regarded commercial product but it has become quite
expensive - you will be better served to learn Slackware and use all your
native Unix skills in developing a repertoire of free GPL applications.
> I've been using SCO for tooooo long (15 years or so) and
> never really looked into Linux except for recently, I'll try
> to get a feel for Slackware via some more digging.
Just read the included "Slackware-HOWTO" found in the root directory of the
install CD. Also check out the "FAQ".
If you are not going to run any desktops then you can safely not install
them. You can install a basic Slackware 9.1 with a full compliment of
command line apps & utilities, networking & 'Net apps, development &
scripting, database and even some command line games all in under 1 Gig
including swap.
If you want to kick the tires, download the first two install disk CDs
available from dozens of mirrors around the world - just Google:
"Slackware 9.1" ISO
The first two ISOs are all that is required to install a complete Slackware
distro - just download and burn them.
If you have the space on a reasonably fast computer, say 800MHz, 256meg and
8gig - do a FULL install and use that as your training machine - you could
be up and running in about two hours including download, burning and
installation.
If you have any "quick" questions, feel free to email me. Expect to do a bit
of reading BUT the biggest thrill will be No registration or licenses.
Be a mensch and buy a single copy for every site but use it on as many
machines/CPUs as you like with as many users as you like.
Best regards,
Brian
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