Re: Red Hat or Debian for Web Server/gateway

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From: David Rubie
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <332F543D.698F@melws1.rwc.org.au>, Chris Miles <chris@melws1.rwc.org.au> writes:
> Hi, sorry to ask the age-old question again, but I am after
> some advice about which Linux distribution would be best suited
> to a machine being setup as a Web Server and internet gateway.
> 
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I switched to Red Hat from Slackware when I upgraded my box
recently.  The package stuff is pretty neat, but widgets for
adjusting the run levels, printing stuff etc. is a little
confusing.  It probably doesn't help that I went from a 1.2.13
distribution of Slackware to Red Hat 4.0.  I think the
layout of the directories changed quite a bit in the meantime.

I didn't look at Debian though.  I couldn't tell you whether
it's any better than Red Hat.  I'd recommend Red Hat over
Slackware though, mostly because installing the individual
packages is a lot easier, and upgrading to newer distributions
also looks easier.

dave.

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From: drubie@macquarie.com.au (David Rubie)
Subject: Re: Red Hat or Debian for Web Server/gateway
Date: 1997/03/19
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