[H-GEN] linux iso's

[Hilton Travis]

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Hi Tony,

On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 12:05, Tony Nugent wrote:
> 
> As it turns out, I can supply the same things... also gentoo,
> lycoris, smoothwall and some others that I've never had time to look
> at.  (I wouldn't recommend gentoo, it is very ego-centric and
> assumes unlimited bandwidth to download the apps you want/need from
> its distribution site.

I have just started a Gentoo 1.4_rc3 installation here, therefore I have
all of the core Gentoo files, and also a fair bit of the KDE 3.1/xfree86
4.3.0 stuff here, too.  Currently it is sitting at around 500MB of
source code.

I'm looking at running Gentoo/ltsp at a client site - actually, at a
number of sites this client has.  I'll also run it here.  The reason I'm
looking at Gentoo for this use rather than Debian, Red Hat or any other
distro, is that I can optimize the entire distro for the architecture of
the server - a P4 in this case (and in reality, due to gcc bugs with the
'-march="pentium4"' directive, the code will be P3 optimized, not P3
optimized - yet).  I'll also prelink where appropriate.

Running it here also means that I can download updates, compile and
package them as binaries, and distribute these binaries to the remote
sites - meaning the remote sites will not have to compile from source.

  Same for lindows).  LinuxFormat mag is a
> great source for many of these distros, highly recommended (esp the
> dvd edition).  And yes, I've also got the pocketbooks which would be
> trivial to copy.

LinuxFormat is a very, very decent mag.

>   (Whatever you do get, I particularly recommend also getting your
>   hands on a copy of knoppix, it is an excellent full-featured
>   debian/kde distro that boots and runs from a cdrom.  Very, very
>   useful for rescue work or for "normal" use, heh, it even has
>   openoffice, wine, and a few good games on it.  It requires no
>   installation, and it makes an excellent introduction to linux for
>   those who have never seen it before).

Knoppix is quite good.  I have a Knoppix 3.1 CD here (somewhere) but 3.2
has been released with quite a bit of updated software on it.

> However, I'm on the Gold Coast (not so close to Browns Plains).

Not *really* that far, either!

> > cd) and some others. I usually stick to Redhat, just because that is
> > what I know, but I think rest have their advantages. I can burn you
> > copies of any or all of these if you want, just supply the cds,
> 
> I've also stuck with redhat and for the same reasons (I know it very
> well).  I've also stayed with rh7.3 (workstation and servers) since
> I have found it to be a highly stable and reliable beast... imho
> there were too many fundamental changes made to rh8.0 to class it as
> ready for prime-time.  (Perhaps rh8.1 will be better, we'll soon
> see).

Bluecurve.  That was the only reason to go to 8.0 - oh, and a whole lot
of new bugs.  :)  RH 8.1 looks like it will fix a lot of the issues that
people have reported with 8.0, and although I have not used the 8.1
pre-releases, the people I know who are using them are quite happy with
them.

<snippage>

> I have all the rh7.3 updates here (~500Mb of binaries) if anyone
> wants them.  (Along with a collection of some very useful stuff
> downloaded from freshrpms.net, which is an *excellent* site for
> obtaining a large number of extra utils for redhat-based boxes,
> including all manner of multimedia apps).

That is another advantage of a more recent distro, normally, than an
older one - a lot of these security updates should have been
incorporated into the base product.  Of course, there will still likely
be updates available, but there should be less.  Tony is a great hoarder
of Red Hat updates - I think he's the unofficial Humbug Red Hat update
mirror!  :)

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