fc3 evaluation
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 11 17:24:21 UTC 2005
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 09:57:06AM -0700, Parek Andrada wrote:
> First off be gentle, noob here.
>
> I'm trying to evaluate various freeware linux distros to implement as
> desktop and server. Seems that there's a myriad of distros to choose
> from and I want to know some people that have gone thru my path.
> 1. Mandrake seems to be consumer-oriented. Official requires you to
> pay yearly membership for updates although you can get updates without
> being a member (no fee) if you urpmi from mirrors other than Mandrake.
> 2. A lot of red hat-based distros like wbel (very active mailing
> lists, but just maintained by 1 person), centos (updates regularly as
> community based), lineox (did not test), Scientific Linux, etc.
I've been very happy with KRUD (Kevin's RedHat Uber Distribution)
https://secure.tummy.com/Order/krud.html
It is a superset of (now) Fedora Core with all the current updates
and bugfixes applied. You can get a monthly subscription for
$110/year or get the current issue for $12. I have two of my clients
on subscriptions, and I update my own five machines from my own
subscription. They lag two or three months behind a new FC version
just to let the dust settle and make sure things are stable.
> 3. Suse based, novell (requires fees for updates after 1 free year),
> yoper (synaptic upgrades)
>
> Also tried debian, ubuntu, slackware and freebsd and the more I test
> the more I get confused on what to use as some has
> strengths/weaknesses. Now, I just want some honest opinions not biased
> on some distro although I am biased on fc3 as I am sending to this
> lists!
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
The best things in life aren't things.
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