[olug] Help me select a distrob

Sean Kelly smkelly at zombie.org
Wed Apr 19 14:49:51 UTC 2006


On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 06:11:33AM -0700, Eric Lusk wrote:
> 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!

So?

> And that's reason enough for me to go elsewhere. 

Do you avoid all companies that use Windows in some way?
How do you live?

> Effectively "stacking" the statistics makes me want to
> look elsewhere, and 1and1 has the same amount of
> storage space, by the looks of it.

I don't really see a problem with "stacking the statistics"
here. If the statistics are supposed to be per-site, then
this is perfectly valid. If the statistics are supposed to
be per-server, then this change shouldn't really impact
things much assuming they park tons of hosts on a single
server.

After all, why didn't you have a problem with the stacking
of statistics before when they were in Linux's favor? It
is the same thing, just with a different OS.

> 
> --- 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
> > most
> > >>>>>> important thing when fresh into it.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>         
> > >>>>>>             
> > >>>>>>>           
> > >>>>>>>               
> > >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>>>> From: "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at levania.org>
> > >>>>>>>> To: "Omaha Linux User Group"
> > <olug at olug.org>
> > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [olug] Help me select a
> > distrob
> > >>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:29:23 -0500 (CDT)
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, HAB Boy wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>             
> > >>>>>>>>                 
> > >>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:28:23 +0300
> > >>>>>>>>> From: HAB Boy <haobboy at gmail.com>
> > >>>>>>>>> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>               
> > >>>>>>>>>                   
> > >>>>>> <olug at olug.org>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>         
> > >>>>>>             
> > >>>>>>>>> To: olug at olug.org
> > >>>>>>>>> Subject: [olug] Help me select a distrob
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Guys/Gals,
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > 
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