Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:35:22 -0600 From: Patrick Bowen <pbowen@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux "equivalent" to freebsd Message-ID: <45E61FCA.1010507@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <003d01c75b92$a3ae4b10$eb0ae130$@ca> References: <003d01c75b92$a3ae4b10$eb0ae130$@ca>
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mailing-lists@msdi.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry this question is a little off-topic... > > We've been using Freebsd for many years and all of our servers are running > freebsd. > > The only thing that is a pain with freebsd, is poor commercial support :( > > We are running in a situation where a customer needs Zend platform 3 > (http://www.zend.com/products/zend_platform) which won't be available for > freebsd until the end of the year... > > So I will need to setup a machine with linux. > > I don't know much about linux distributions, could someone recommend one to > me please. > > We are looking for a platform that will support amd64 extensions, will act > as a console only server and that has a good way to install ports and > upgrade. We want something secure and stable. We don't wanna go with Redhat > or any commercial distribution. > > I really like the cvsup/make install/portupgrade way of dealing with > software installation and updates and I am looking for something equivalent > on a linux distribution. > > Could you recommend a distribution you are using in production, we've check > ubuntu, fedora and Debian, but I wonder what freebsd users recommend... > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Take a look at Slackware. http://www.slackware.com Patrick
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