Re: [squid-users] Squid : better on Debian or Ubunto server ?

Riccardo Castellani wrote:
> so difference, as Yan said, essentially is GUI ?
>
> And about other Linux distribution ? Or Debian is nore suitable to
> ttat job ?
> Now I'm using Fedora 1 !
I use Debian for servers because it is stable. Yes, not all the
packages are the latest. But it works, and works quite well.

Fedora is a beta-distro; it's intended to be RedHat's bleeding edge
testing ground. IMHO, not suitable for servers. Use RedHat if you want
a stable distro version.

--Yan

>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yan Seiner" <yan_at_seiner.com>
> To: "Riccardo Castellani" <ric.castellani_at_alice.it>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid : better on Debian or Ubunto server ?
>
>
>>
>> On Fri, April 3, 2009 2:05 pm, Riccardo Castellani wrote:
>>> I don't understand.
>>
>> For text UI, debian and ubuntu are virtually the same.
>>
>> I'd go with debian as most of the really nice stuff in ubuntu is around
>> the GUI.
>>
>> --Yan
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
>>> To: "Riccardo Castellani" <ric.castellani_at_alice.it>
>>> Cc: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:59 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid : better on Debian or Ubunto server ?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Riccardo Castellani wrote:
>>>>> I have to install new Linux server, based on ONLY on text console
>>>>> (not
>>>>> X server, not kde, not gnome) to having squid as parent cache.
>>>>> Then I have to configure sendmail which relays messages to 3
>>>>> perimetral
>>>>> mail servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking to install Debian or Ubuntu server but what do you
>>>>> suggest me ?
>>>>
>>>> Up to you. Ubuntu is a child OS built on top of Debian.
>>>> From the console they are almost identical.
>>>>
>>>> I find the delay in package updates annoying in Ubuntu, particularly
>>>> since they cop it from their own release freezes, and from the Debian
>>>> freezes once a year. But I'm an unashamed neophyte.
>>>>
>>>> Amos
>>>> --
>>>> Please be using
>>>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE13
>>>> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.6
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Yan Seiner, PE
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