Thank you everyone for all the great input on server distro selection. I'm particularly interested in the areas of updates being more automatic and dependencies being found with less effort on my part. I've been frustrated in the past with RPM's and finding dependencies for certain packages. So, all the experiences you shared have caused me to consider changing distros. Now it's time to ponder. Anyway, I appreciate all the help very much. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Tim Link Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:12 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [tclug-list] Why Debian on the server? I am finally going to upgrade my server running Fedora Core 1 (I know, I'm behind the times) and was thinking about using FC5. But, as I read the posts on this list, it appears that Debian has found it's way into the hearts of many as far as it being a preferred distro for servers. Why is this the case? I truly am not into distro wars but was just wondering if Debian has a better track record than the others, longer up-times, etc. If the concensus is that it just really doesn't matter at all which distro to use on a server, that will be enough for me. Thanks. -- tim dot link at mchsi dot com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release Date: 5/15/2006