Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 17:00 +0100, Tim Green wrote:
On 9/13/06, cl@isbd.net cl@isbd.net wrote:
So the choice lies between:- Mandriva, Suse, RedHat, Ubuntu
Which will I find least different from Slackware? I have previously run Mandriva (when it was Mandrake) and Suse but I found both rather too GUIfied for comfort which is why I went to Slackware.
I suspect there's not much to choose between them all really, I have a (very) slight leaning towards Ubuntu but I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise.
You don't want it too GUIfied, but you are leaning towards Ubuntu?!?
Are you sure?
Compared to the others on the list I'd say Ubuntu was the less GUIfied.
There is always xubuntu (or the option of running ubuntu as a server installation and then apt-get'ing whatever packages are required for xfce)
I'll raise the obligatory flag for Gentoo here. We run it on loads of servers, and not one has a GUI. We just don't emerge X. It's simple.
The thing I love about Gentoo is the ability to tune the system exactly to my requirements with no pain, and to add what I want when I want, easily.
The thing I don't love is the constant updates, but that's a downside of always being up-to-date.
Cheers, Laurie.