[LBo] best distro for a server install

[Niki Kovacs]

Dave Roseman a écrit :
> As I thought, some conflicting arguments, but you do make a convincing case
> for Slackware, Niki.  I think I will give that one a spin and see how I get
> on.

What I like about Slackware is that it lets you get some good reflexes 
from the start. Since there is practically no automagic configuration, 
you just have to read the docs. After some time, it becomes a habit. For 
a server, begin with installing the A, AP, L and N package series. Add D 
and K if you plan to rebuild your kernel. Later on, you can always 
fine-tune your install. Ah, yes: here's the command which returns 
Slackware's intelligent dependency resolver:

$ whoami

(...)

Generally, I like the "bare-bones" distros. FWIW, you could equally give 
Gentoo and Arch a spin. They're both very crisp, and Gentoo has some 
excellent documentation.

> 
> Can you recommend an email server for Slack?
> 

This is like asking for the best text editor. Do you want a flamefest or 
what? :oD

Niki

PS: this said, don't hesitate to give them *all* a try and build your 
opinion yourself. This is probably the best advice I can give you. Since 
I first fiddled with Linux in 2001, I must have tried out something like 
30 different distros (LFS included :o| )