Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:30:54 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux "equivalent" to freebsd Message-ID: <45E6650E.8020503@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <45E61FCA.1010507@fastmail.fm> References: <003d01c75b92$a3ae4b10$eb0ae130$@ca> <45E61FCA.1010507@fastmail.fm>
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Patrick Bowen wrote: > mailing-lists@msdi.ca wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry this question is a little off-topic... >> >> We've been using Freebsd for many years and all of our servers are >> running >> freebsd. >> >> The only thing that is a pain with freebsd, is poor commercial support :( >> >> We are running in a situation where a customer needs Zend platform 3 >> (http://www.zend.com/products/zend_platform) which won't be available for >> freebsd until the end of the year... >> >> So I will need to setup a machine with linux. >> >> I don't know much about linux distributions, could someone recommend >> one to >> me please. >> >> We are looking for a platform that will support amd64 extensions, will >> act >> as a console only server and that has a good way to install ports and >> upgrade. We want something secure and stable. We don't wanna go with >> Redhat >> or any commercial distribution. >> >> I really like the cvsup/make install/portupgrade way of dealing with >> software installation and updates and I am looking for something >> equivalent >> on a linux distribution. >> >> Could you recommend a distribution you are using in production, we've >> check >> ubuntu, fedora and Debian, but I wonder what freebsd users recommend... >> >> Thanks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > > Take a look at Slackware. > > http://www.slackware.com > > Patrick Seconded, if I got to run Linux, I run Slackware (and I have in production). If you need it there is a port of Slack to AMD64 called slamd64, http://www.slamd64.com/. FreeBSD users will appreciate it's simplicity and it's stability. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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