Small debian based server distribution

[Steve G.]

And why or how is Ubuntu server different from any other linux server to
make it that way?

I use ubuntu on the desktop and am quite satisfied with it. I used to use
RedHat/Fedora and Suse/OpenSuse, until I ran into some unresolvable cyclical
package requirements a number of time (when you want program A which makes
you first get program B, which in turn requires Program A - or a similar
variation with A, B and C. It was possible to bypass that by forcing
installs, and by writing all the packages on one line, and other such
kludges, but every package with the problem (the problem were with YAST and
RPM) had to be researched first. I got disgusted, tried ubuntu and stuck
with it, so far without similar problems.

I decided to use their server 'product' because I felt comfortable with the
main distro, and again, have not had any problems to date - have not been
rooted, owned or anything. Not that it can't happen, but I am sure it is the
same with any other distro.

If I am missing something, please advise - and suggest a better server
product with an argument why it is better. I am talking a generic server -
ssh, ftp, httpd, nothing unique at this point.

Thanks!

Z.

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:10 PM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Elazar Leibovich wrote:
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>  On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Oron Peled <oron at actcom.co.il> wrote:
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>> Hmmm.... you actually did a BadThing(tm) -- totally bypassing the package
>> management mechanisms:
>>
>> I think his idea was not to have the APT/RPM packages in this system,
>> shaving off some few megabytes.
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> One of the tiny linux distros did that by using APT, but not including the
> package information in the distro itself. You had to download them and
> install them, possibly with APT. I think it was DSL, but I may be wrong.
>
> And to answer another posting I can't seem to find, IMHO anyone who uses
> UBUNTU for anything except an out of the box desktop is as the old saying
> goes "cruisin' for a brusin'" (asking to be beaten up).
>
> Geoff.
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