Rebuilding

[mattg at theworld.com (matt galster)]

Thanks for the input, everyone.

That makes it sound like Debian should be my choice.  Supported, but not
over-supported.  Speed is not an issue, and I won't care if the latest
camera software wasn't available.  It's a server primarily, and I usually
login through ssh, so even x and all the stuff that goes with it could be an
option I'd turf if it meant the os was more stable.

MEG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org]On Behalf Of
> Cole Tuininga
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:09 PM
> To: mattg at theworld.com
> Cc: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: RE: Rebuilding
>
>
> On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 23:02, matt galster wrote:
> > Thanks, Mark.
> >
> > I'd noticed that the SuSE version was put up without
> support because SuSE
> > people wanted one for themselves.  I guess that settles
> SuSE.  I guess now
> > I'll need to decide about gentoo as well.  Anyone have a
> feel for the
> > maturity of that dist?  It isn't like RH or SuSE with a
> pedigree, AFAIK.
>
> I have a coworker who has been playing with gentoo as of
> late.  He likes
> the fact that the software has a tendency to be cutting/bleeding edge,
> and he likes to feel as though he's getting more speed out of
> everything
> because it's compiled specifically for his setup.  Truth be
> told none of
> us can really see a difference.
>
> I will say that the maturity seems lacking to a minor extent.
>  I played
> with it briefly and had the package mechanism (called
> "emerge") barf on
> me a little bit.  Admittedly, that could have been my fault.
>
> In any case, Debian (stable) is very much that - a stable distro.
> However, don't expect cutting edge stuff.  If you have an x86 machine,
> you can find alternative apt sources that have newer software
> - that may
> be tougher for an alpha.
>
> I guess it all comes down to "Waddaya gonna do with the
> system once it's
> running?"  8)
>
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