Re: Which Linux distro after RedHat?

From: Mattias Honrendgard (comeand_at_kissmyfatarse.com)
Date: 11/06/03 

Date: 6 Nov 2003 05:45:23 -0800

Mikael Ståldal <mikael@ingen-reklam-staldal.nu> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.53.0311051451230.4332@localhost.localdomain>...
> Can anyone recommend a Linux distribution suitable for a small scale
> general purpose server?
>
> The machine will be used as a server only, so I don't need Gnome, KDE or
> any other fancy desktop stuff. The server will not be heavily loaded, and
> does not need extreme availability (so I don't need clustering or stuff
> like that). The hardware is not very fancy, so I don't need support for
> SMP, >2G RAM, RAID or stuff like that. However, I do need all the
> standard server applications.
>
> The machine will be used as firewall, router, mail server, web server
> (among other things), so security is vital, and it's important to be able
> to get security patches quickly and conveniently.
>
> I'm currently using RedHat Linux 7.3 and RedHat Network (and I am quite
> happy with that), but soon I need to switch since RedHat will discontinue
> support. RedHat Enterprise Linux WS won't work since it's missing the
> server apps I need, and RedHat Enterprise Linux ES is too expensive.

Take a look at distrowatch or freshmeat and read the descriptions
given by each of the distros.

1 vote for Slackware here!