Distro choice

[Chris]

Linux: Debian or RedHat?

Anyone with CGatePro experiences that would make the decision easy?

Thanks,
Chris

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[Raj Goel]

Chris,

Go with debian - we've used CGpro on debian before without
any hassles.

-- Raj

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[Lyle Giese]

I have used RH here with no problems, but then I have not used RH 9 yet
either and don't plan on it. I will be moving from RH 7.1 to RH 8 at the
end of this month on my production server. I already have a test server up
running RH 8 now with CGPro 4.1

RH changed the way the Kernel handles threads in RH9 and it appears that it
doesn't get along with CGPro yet.

Lyle

[CGP]

We upgraded from RH 7.2 and have been running RH 8 for 4 or 5 months now and
went from 4.0.6 to 4.1 without any problems. We haven't even rebooted
except for during a RAM upgrade.

WJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle Giese" <ly...@lcrcomputer.net>
To: "CommuniGate Pro Discussions" <CGat...@mail.stalker.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Distro choice

> I have used RH here with no problems, but then I have not used RH 9 yet
> either and don't plan on it. I will be moving from RH 7.1 to RH 8 at the
> end of this month on my production server. I already have a test server
up
> running RH 8 now with CGPro 4.1
>
> RH changed the way the Kernel handles threads in RH9 and it appears that
it
> doesn't get along with CGPro yet.
>
> Lyle
>

[Gary]

Chris wrote:

> Linux: Debian or RedHat?
>
> Anyone with CGatePro experiences that would make the decision easy?
>

Used both. Both work equally well. I find Debian easier to manage and
keep up to date with security updates, etc. Also, Debian installs less
STUFF, so it is more secure by default.

As you might have guessed, I much prefer Debian. But I also know that
both are built on the same Linux kernel and both will perform about the
same when running CGPro.

Gary

[Mario Cole]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary [mailto:ga...@sergievsky.cpmc.columbia.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:37 PM
> To: CommuniGate Pro Discussions
> Subject: Re: Distro choice
>
> Chris wrote:
>
> > Linux: Debian or RedHat?
> >
> > Anyone with CGatePro experiences that would make the decision easy?
> >
>
> Used both. Both work equally well. I find Debian easier to manage and
> keep up to date with security updates, etc. Also, Debian installs less
> STUFF, so it is more secure by default.
>
> As you might have guessed, I much prefer Debian. But I also know that
> both are built on the same Linux kernel and both will perform about
the
> same when running CGPro.

Along the same lines, I have been testing Gentoo linux. It installs
even less by default (as in no services running) and you must "emerge"
the services you want. It is wonderful. Ok, so it is a bit painful to
watch it download and compile every single application. But, it is part
of my idiotic quest for the most "optimized" linux server.

> Gary

Mario

[John Rudd]

I'll risk flames and suggest "A Modest Proposal":

If you're not yet set in a particular OS distro, I'd suggest you look
at FreeBSD as a choice of free/open x86 OSes. In my
experience*/opinion, you'll find FreeBSD to be more stable than linux,
and it's incredibly easy to deal with.

(* I've run both over the years, at home, while working for cygnus and
redhat, and while working at UCSC, and FreeBSD has always been easy to
work with ... and linux has always been a pain; at cygnus, I worked
with redhat, debian, suse, mandrake, and slackware, but at UCSC I've
mostly just worked with redhat; and I've been using FreeBSD since 3.x
days)

And I'm not currently suffering from an insomnia attack, so I'm sure I
wont regret posting this ;-) (reference to my post from last night).

John

On Thursday, Jul 31, 2003, at 12:29 US/Pacific, Chris wrote:

> Linux: Debian or RedHat?
>
> Anyone with CGatePro experiences that would make the decision easy?
>