[olug] Help me select a distrob

[Eric Lusk]

Yeah, I've had several hosting places recommended to
me, but so many of them have almost no space and
charge 5X what godaddy and 1and1 charge.
Server space is not at the premium that it a few years
ago, and I am NOT paying $10/month for 500MB when I
can get 5GB for $3-4.
My current registrar suffers from this problem, so
I'll be migrating from parked there to hosted
somewhere reasonable.

--- Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:

> Oh, did not read the reports completely then...whoo,
> was just a little
> nervous.  8)  
> 
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
> 
> 
> >>> wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com 4/19/2006 >>>
> Actually, I WAS looking at godaddy, and it looks
> like
> they're only moving the parked domains to Window$
> servers.  But all the same, they're moving parked
> domains to Window$ servers!
> And that's reason enough for me to go elsewhere. 
> Effectively "stacking" the statistics makes me want
> to
> look elsewhere, and 1and1 has the same amount of
> storage space, by the looks of it.
> 
> --- Craig Wolf <cjwolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> 
> > Well, don't look at godaddy.com since they have
> > moved to a Window$ shop.
> >  I am waiting for the hammer to drop and be told
> > that I have been
> > switched.  I will move my domain then somewhere
> > else.
> > 
> > Craig Wolf
> > Linux Web Server Support
> > Desktop/Network Specialist
> > 402-894-6283
> > 
> > >>> jachurchill at cox.net 04/19/06 12:24 AM >>>
> > I did the same thing.  You can re-direct it but
> it's
> > not the same.  
> > check out 1and1.com
> > 
> > Eric Lusk wrote:
> > > I've had no problems, but I'm also only running
> > Apache
> > > and ssh, so maybe if I tried SQL I'd be hosed.
> > > I'll have to try OpenSuse on my workstation,
> since
> > the
> > > server's been stable.
> > > Won't matter soon, though, as far as my server
> > goes;
> > > going to get hosting since I'm behing Cox's port
> > 80
> > > block...
> > >
> > > --- Jake Churchill <jachurchill at cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >> I agree.  I recently switched my server to
> > Mandriva
> > >> thinking that it'd 
> > >> make a better server software.  I was wrong. 
> Now
> > >> just have to find time 
> > >> to switch back.  Maybe I'll try something more
> > "fun"
> > >> like Gentoo or Kororaa
> > >>
> > >> Will Langford wrote:
> > >>     
> > >>> As an experiment, put a new version of the
> > >>>       
> > >> community Mandriva on a system to
> > >>     
> > >>> act as a server.
> > >>>
> > >>> It was missing libraries like readline, there
> > were
> > >>>       
> > >> no development packages
> > >>     
> > >>> for it, etc.  Making postgres a bit ugly to
> use
> > >>>       
> > >> heh.
> > >>     
> > >>> Although I imagine it does fine as a desktop
> > >>>       
> > >> distro, I wouldn't suggest it
> > >>     
> > >>> for anything more "interesting".
> > >>>
> > >>> -Will
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 4/18/06, Jake Churchill
> <jachurchill at cox.net>
> > >>>       
> > >> wrote:
> > >>     
> > >>>   
> > >>>       
> > >>>> I used to use Mandriva and I'd definitely
> chose
> > >>>>         
> > >> that over FC but I've
> > >>     
> > >>>> since switched to OpenSuse which like
> Mandrive
> > >>>>         
> > >> requires installing some
> > >>     
> > >>>> 3rd party software but I really like it the
> > best.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Eric Lusk wrote:
> > >>>>     
> > >>>>         
> > >>>>> Mandriva is good, but if you're getting the
> > free
> > >>>>> version, you'll want to install some
> > additional
> > >>>>> packages that are left out, as compared to
> the
> > >>>>>           
> > >> Club
> > >>     
> > >>>>> version.
> > >>>>> Most of the items left out are still
> available
> > >>>>>           
> > >> for
> > >>     
> > >>>>> download, and pretty often as .rpm files.
> > >>>>> There is a Mandriva community site run by
> > >>>>>           
> > >> Mandriva,
> > >>     
> > >>>>> but I believe that parts of that are
> > restricted
> > >>>>>           
> > >> to
> > >>     
> > >>>>> Club members, possibly more now than the
> last
> > >>>>>           
> > >> time I
> > >>     
> > >>>>> was there.  But I usually get my support on
> a
> > >>>>> per-program basis, so I haven't had to use
> > them
> > >>>>>           
> > >> for a
> > >>     
> > >>>>> while...
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> --- Nick Veys <psylence519 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>       
> > >>>>>           
> > >>>>>> It may be helpful for you to list out a few
> > of
> > >>>>>>             
> > >> your
> > >>     
> > >>>>>> criteria you used
> > >>>>>> to narrow your search.  To be honest, FC5
> > >>>>>>             
> > >> seemed a
> > >>     
> > >>>>>> little half-baked
> > >>>>>> at release time, though I know they have
> > fixed
> > >>>>>>             
> > >> many
> > >>     
> > >>>>>> of the release
> > >>>>>> issues.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On 4/17/06, Charles Bird
> > >>>>>>             
> > >> <thebirdman at operamail.com>
> > >>     
> > >>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>         
> > >>>>>>             
> > >>>>>>> either one is a pretty safe bet.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> I think there is alot more helpful users
> on
> > >>>>>>>               
> > >> FC5
> > >>     
> > >>>>>>>           
> > >>>>>>>               
> > >>>>>> than Mandriva. Having help is perhaps the
> 
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