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Servers and desktopsServers and desktopsPosted Apr 8, 2007 20:22 UTC (Sun) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)In reply to: Use Debian by davi Parent article: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released
Actually, I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-) No matter what distro we all use, I think that the hard work the Debian developers has given us has a ripple effect amongst all distros - consider that the contributions made by any subset of the open source community benefit the community as a whole. Many thanks to the Debian community for their hard work. Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to find a fast download of Debian 4... :-)
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package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 8, 2007 23:59 UTC (Sun) by gvy (guest, #11981) [Link] > I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-)You probably just happen to oversee very few systems ;-)
Kudos to debian team, iso-dvd/ for i386 and amd64 (as being the best alternative for IP-scarce places) are already heading onto ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/Debian mirror (UA-IX, reasonably fast in Ukraine with 100Mbps in Kiev).
Even if I happen to think that another distro fits me much better, and it's not any of another "big four". :)
package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 9, 2007 3:18 UTC (Mon) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] >> I think that Slackware is great for both. But, I'm horribly biased! ;-) Yes, you're correct; I only manage two Slackware computers: my laptop and my desktop. A couple of years ago I managed two servers running Slackware 10.0. Package management on Slackware is really easy - you only have to be fluent in ssh, wget, and upgradepkg. Yeah, yeah, I know, the big-name distros do even that for you, but I kind of like having the control over upgrading packages and patches. Back on-topic to Debian 4, I also want to extend a "thank you" to those online who are participating in the bittorrent swarm. Just since this afternoon I've completed the 1st DVD-ROM ISO; hopefully I'll have the other two by tomorrow (assuming that my ISP doesn't shut off the valve before then...) :-)
package mismanagement, eh? ;-) Posted Apr 9, 2007 4:56 UTC (Mon) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link] I've run slackware on 50ish systems, (and switched to debian becouse another department tried to push us to redhat in the name of 'standardization' and 'supportability' now running on a couple hundred servers)
frankly, when you are running a lot of servers, you don't want to use yum, dpkg, aptitude, or any other package management tool from each box directly, you want to deploy some sort of centralized configuration controls, and use those to upgrade your boxes. once you have done this, it really doesn't matter what the 'native' package manager is for those boxes (although it does make a difference on how much work you have to put into the one central image)
Servers and desktops Posted Apr 9, 2007 8:23 UTC (Mon) by Arker (guest, #14205) [Link] I've used most distros at one time or another, and I have to say Debian and Slack are the ones I always come back to. Each has their own strengths. I want to say it would be great if those could be combined - but the result would probably not be so good.
At any rate, congratulations and thanks to all the debian volunteers!
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