[H-GEN] Choice of distro for server

mick bareman at tpg.com.au
Thu Mar 29 01:04:09 EDT 2012


The time has come to rebuild my web/mail/map server after my IBM eServer kicked the bucket.

I am now using a 2.4MHz core2 duo with 4GB ram and a 500 gigglebyte seagate disk.
software wise I favour Apache, Mysql, Php, Drupal, Courier, postgresql/postgis

I was using ArchLinux but I'm not inclined to continue with its experimental nature and the ongoing breakages of basic functions. I like the rolling release, package management and the stability in between half tested updates.

I've used:
ubuntu I find way too bloated and with prehistoric GIS tools

debian (was slower than a one legged donkey unless I built a custom kernel and then they bound in selinux and I couldn't get rid of it and it wouldn't boot any kernel I built.

gentoo for ever compiling updates.

I've looked at centos but was unimpressed.

What distros are left, I prefer a rolling release model to periodic full updates, tools that provide full control of configurations, and a medium to lightweight GUI (currently use xfce4).

mick



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