Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-12 Thread John Summerfield
Kevin Mark wrote: On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:08:26PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedora or ES for example that comes with 2.6 kernel and latest packages. Wrong question. Right question is: "Why

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-12 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:08:26PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedora or ES for example that > > comes with 2.6 kernel and latest packages. > > Wrong question. Right question is: "Why should I chose

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 01:40:23AM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:13:01 -0700, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Retard-style quoting fixed. Please do it yourself in the future. > > http://learn.to/quote/ > > > > Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Stelios Asmargianakis
he subject than replying like that >From: "Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server > hmm... I didn't see him say he'd be using unstable. Your next e-mail > even indicates he would be choosing Debian fo

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Paul Johnson
"Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:13:01 -0700 > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > For example if I need apache 2, it would be necessary to compile >> > that than starting straight editing httpd.conf as it will be in >> > RedHat as it is installed by the d

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Paul Johnson
Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:08:26 -0700 > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Wrong question. Right question is: "Why should I chose Fedora or ES >> when they ship by default with software that wasn't thoroughly tested, >> when I can get a

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Stelios Asmargianakis
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:08:26 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wrong question. Right question is: "Why should I chose Fedora or ES > when they ship by default with software that wasn't thoroughly tested, > when I can get a well-tested, rock solid OS from Debian instead?" > I like

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:13:01 -0700, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Retard-style quoting fixed. Please do it yourself in the future. > http://learn.to/quote/ > > Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:13:40 -0400 Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Jacob S.
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:13:01 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For example if I need apache 2, it would be necessary to compile > > that than starting straight editing httpd.conf as it will be in > > RedHat as it is installed by the default installation. > > Hmm, that's odd, there

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Paul Johnson
Retard-style quoting fixed. Please do it yourself in the future. http://learn.to/quote/ Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:13:40 -0400 Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am not sure what you mean by "...But if it needs to compile >> everything fro

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Paul Johnson
Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedora or ES for example that > comes with 2.6 kernel and latest packages. Wrong question. Right question is: "Why should I chose Fedora or ES when they ship by default with software that wasn't thorough

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Stelios Asmargianakis
For example if I need apache 2, it would be necessary to compile that than starting straight editing httpd.conf as it will be in RedHat as it is installed by the default installation. By the way any suggestions about email servers? I am between qmail and postfix Thanks On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 19:13:

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:02:42AM +0100, Stelios Asmargianakis wrote: > The server is gonna be an email, web and database server. That's what the server I run does. > I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedora or ES for example that > comes with 2.6 kernel and latest packages. Do you need

Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Ryan Waye
I am not sure what you mean by "...But if it needs to compile everything from scratch..." can you please clarify? > in order to have everything up ands running On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:02:42 +0100, Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I will order next week a dedicat

Debian on a Dedicated Server

2004-07-10 Thread Stelios Asmargianakis
Hello guys, I will order next week a dedicated server as I need more band with for my sites and I have some questions. I can order the server with Debian Stable, RedHat ES (extra cost), Fedora The server is gonna be an email, web and database server. I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedo