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<DIV><SPAN class=324171613-17052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>FC[1-5] is much better at dependencies nowdays sunce it got
yum.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>John Meier<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Tim Link<BR><B>Cc:</B>
tclug-list@mn-linux.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [tclug-list] Why Debian on the
server?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/16/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Tim
Link</B> <<A href="mailto:tim.link@mchsi.com">tim.link@mchsi.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I
am finally going to upgrade my server running Fedora Core<BR>1 (I know, I'm
behind the times) and was thinking about<BR>using FC5. But, as I read the
posts on this list, it appears<BR>that Debian has found it's way into the
hearts of many as <BR>far as it being a preferred distro for servers. Why is
this<BR>the case? </BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR><BR>I'm not an admin, but I do play one at work. I have
found that when it comes to upgrading/installing software, deb and gentoo have
great systems that figure out dependencies. I really really hate my one
Redhat ES server - every time I want to install something, I have trouble with
finding all the rpms needed to get the job done. <BR><BR>As I said, I';m
not really an admin - so I may just not know the RPM "system" well enough -
but I do know I spend less keyboard time at my gentoo and deb systems.
(note - my gentoo systems take more time upon an install due to compile times
- my deb systems this is not the case - but I DO spend less time tracking down
and figuring out dependencies on these to distro types.) <BR><BR><BR></DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I
truly am not into distro wars but was just<BR>wondering if Debian has a
better track record than the <BR>others, longer up-times, etc.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">If
the concensus is that it just really doesn't matter at <BR>all which distro
to use on a server, that will be enough
for<BR>me. Thanks.<BR><BR>--<BR>tim dot link at mchsi dot
com<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TCLUG
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