Re: [BackupPC-users] Recommended distro to run Backuppc on

[Stephen V. <ste...@gm...>]

nah Centos is yuk, you want Debian or Ubuntu..  yum is about as slow as my
grandma

On 2/21/06, Les Mikesell <le...@fu...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 14:36, jm...@hu... wrote:
> > I have tried Fedora core 5 (Core 4 doesn't have the right drivers for
> > my motherboard) and it's only in test 2 at the momnt and runs like a
> > pig, I have trid the free mandriva and it runs very nice, but I have
> > trouble trying to vnc to it (I think there is some IPSec rule hidden
> > from me in it.... I was thinking of trying Ubuntu.... What is everyone
> > out there using for this?
>
> Fedora has a very short life cycle that may be worth the trouble
> if you want the latest desktop apps, but for a server that
> needs to keep running a long time with just security/bugfix
> updates I like Centos.   In any case it is a good idea to
> put your backuppc installation on it's own disk so when
> the time comes to completely reinstall a new OS you can
> just mount your existing archive and go on.
>
> --
>   Les Mikesell
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Best Regards,
Stephen