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Different Distro

Jerry Stuckle

06-14-2008

mbstevens

Jerry Stuckle

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Jerry Stuckle

Posted by Jerry Stuckle on June 14, 2008, 10:03 am

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Hi, all,

I've got a question. I've been using Debian Linux on my VPS's, and am
pretty happy with it.

However, I've got one VPS which has a LOT of customization - everything
from Exim to PHP. Even PAM is MySQL based...

As a result, maintenance is getting more difficult because of the way
Debian ties everything together. I can't just use the Debian
maintenance because it wipes out necessary configurations.

So I'm looking for recommendations for a different distro. What I need
is one which allows me to update the basic Linux system, but install and
configure my own Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exim, etc.

Anyone got a suggestion as to which would be a good distro, before I go
off to the Linux groups (and possibly start a religious war :-) )?

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Posted by mbstevens on June 14, 2008, 10:44 am

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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:03:33 -0400, el Jerry Stuckle punched in:

> Hi, all,

> I've got a question. I've been using Debian Linux on my VPS's, and am

> pretty happy with it.

> However, I've got one VPS which has a LOT of customization - everything

> from Exim to PHP. Even PAM is MySQL based...

> As a result, maintenance is getting more difficult because of the way

> Debian ties everything together. I can't just use the Debian

> maintenance because it wipes out necessary configurations.

> So I'm looking for recommendations for a different distro. What I need

> is one which allows me to update the basic Linux system, but install and

> configure my own Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exim, etc.

> Anyone got a suggestion as to which would be a good distro, before I go

> off to the Linux groups (and possibly start a religious war :-) )?

Ubuntu has a server edition that comes with LAMP and a lot of other
stuff ready to go.

It is stripped down to command-line for user interface, but you
can add that in easily if you want.
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on June 14, 2008, 10:52 am

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mbstevens wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:03:33 -0400, el Jerry Stuckle punched in:

>> Hi, all,

>> I've got a question. I've been using Debian Linux on my VPS's, and am

>> pretty happy with it.

>> However, I've got one VPS which has a LOT of customization - everything

>> from Exim to PHP. Even PAM is MySQL based...

>> As a result, maintenance is getting more difficult because of the way

>> Debian ties everything together. I can't just use the Debian

>> maintenance because it wipes out necessary configurations.

>> So I'm looking for recommendations for a different distro. What I need

>> is one which allows me to update the basic Linux system, but install and

>> configure my own Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exim, etc.

>> Anyone got a suggestion as to which would be a good distro, before I go

>> off to the Linux groups (and possibly start a religious war :-) )?

> Ubuntu has a server edition that comes with LAMP and a lot of other

> stuff ready to go.

> It is stripped down to command-line for user interface, but you

> can add that in easily if you want.

> http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download

Thanks, but that's exactly what I don't want. I'll install my own
Apache, MySQL and PHP, along with everything else. All I want is the
base OS.

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Posted by @localhost on June 15, 2008, 6:52 am

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>Thanks, but that's exactly what I don't want. I'll install my own

>Apache, MySQL and PHP, along with everything else. All I want is the

>base OS.

You could just download a Kernel. See

http://www.linux.org/dist/download_info.html

For de facto advice.

Or failing that, distributions such as Red Hat and Mandrake allow you
to easily select which packages you want to install, ergo, only
install the parts you want, and then later install your own versions
of these other packages.

Matt

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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on June 15, 2008, 9:30 am

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Matt Probert wrote:

>> Thanks, but that's exactly what I don't want. I'll install my own

>> Apache, MySQL and PHP, along with everything else. All I want is the

>> base OS.

> You could just download a Kernel. See

> http://www.linux.org/dist/download_info.html

> For de facto advice.

> Or failing that, distributions such as Red Hat and Mandrake allow you

> to easily select which packages you want to install, ergo, only

> install the parts you want, and then later install your own versions

> of these other packages.

> Matt

> --

> The Probert Encyclopaedia

> http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com

Thanks, Matt, but unfortunately, I can't install a kernel. This is a
VPS and I have no physical access to it. The hosting company will
install most distros, but I need to to get far enough to have a bootable
system with networking (telnet/ssh) running.

As for Red Hat and Mandrake - they still have the same problem. There
is a dependency between a minimal set of packages - which is what's
causing my current problem.

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JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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