Re: Favorite Linux Distribution

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:25:28 -0700, The Disguised Jedi <disguised.jedi@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all - > > I've been a list member for a while, helped out some people, and asked > some questions. But, today I have a completely off topic, but > somewhat relevant question for y'all. > > What is your favorite Linux distribution? What would you recommend > for my situation? *BSD is not Linux but for a server it's grand. You might consider it an option as well. These are some distros I've used heavily over the years: Easy -> hard to install: Mandrake Suse RedHat Debian FreeBSD Gentoo LinuxFromSratch Most stable -> least stable: FreeBSD Debian Suse RedHat Gentoo LinuxFromSratch Mandrake Best performance: FreeBSD Gentoo LinuxFromScratch Best hardware support: Suse Redhat I read somewhere where there are like 1100 Linux distros out there now, so you might want to try a few. And there are several BSD distros as well depending if you want security, hardware support, or a little of both. Most anything released in the last year has included or will support Apache2 and PHP5. If not it probably will soon. I run Gentoo and FreeBSD at home and Suse at work. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://destiney.com/