I would basically agree with Greg's summary, "Easy -> Hard" and "More Stable -> Less Stable". It is worth mentioning a relative new Linux distro called "Ubuntu". I have used Red Hat / Fedora for a few years. I have slowly grown tired of "dependency hell" and broken packages. I have tried Debian based Linux(s) and found them far easier to maintain using apt-get than RPM based Linux distros. Ubuntu is a Debian based distro tweeked for the desktop. It also runs a little more bleeding edge than Debian, although I have found it very stable. I use Ubuntu (i386) Athlon desktop and Ubuntu (PPC) my Apple iBook. I have Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Python, Perl, ... installed and all running well for my development. http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ You can even get a free CD from them... http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/shipit Tony On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:17:55 -0600, Greg Donald <destiney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:25:28 -0700, The Disguised Jedi > <disguised.jedi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello all - > > > > I've been a list member for a while, helped out some people, and asked > > some questions. But, today I have a completely off topic, but > > somewhat relevant question for y'all. > > > > What is your favorite Linux distribution? What would you recommend > > for my situation? > > *BSD is not Linux but for a server it's grand. You might consider it > an option as well. > > These are some distros I've used heavily over the years: > > Easy -> hard to install: > Mandrake > Suse > RedHat > Debian > FreeBSD > Gentoo > LinuxFromSratch > > Most stable -> least stable: > FreeBSD > Debian > Suse > RedHat > Gentoo > LinuxFromSratch > Mandrake > > Best performance: > FreeBSD > Gentoo > LinuxFromScratch > > Best hardware support: > Suse > Redhat > > I read somewhere where there are like 1100 Linux distros out there > now, so you might want to try a few. And there are several BSD > distros as well depending if you want security, hardware support, or a > little of both. Most anything released in the last year has included > or will support Apache2 and PHP5. If not it probably will soon. > > I run Gentoo and FreeBSD at home and Suse at work. > > -- > Greg Donald > Zend Certified Engineer > http://destiney.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- I gotta have more cowbell! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
