[ale] Distro question...

[james at sumners.ath.cx]

I really think Debian would be a good choice. It is, after all, designed
for such a task.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 03:42:46PM -0500, Jay Finch wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Let me just say up front that I don't want to start a "Distro War" - but I
> would like some feedback before I make a lasting decision.
> 
> -------
> 
> A little Background:
> I have a server that's hosting about 60-80 domains, and handling all of
> their E-mail, Web and Database access.  About 6 months ago, my machine
> began to exhibit signs of slowness & lag.  Based upon the increasing
> amount of Spam and such, I've finally nailed down the slow reaction times
> to the E-mail pre-processing I'm doing, and have decided to split the
> Mailserver from the main Web/DB server.  (This is to improve the average
> Web Users experience when accessing any of the sites I'm hosting.)
> 
> That said, I'm currently running RedHat 9 on the main box (with yum
> getting patches from http://www.fedoralegacy.org), and am wondering:
> Should I stick with Redhat or go with another Distro?  (And if Redhat,
> should I go with FC3, or go with an EL version?)
> 
> I'm running Qmail, with Vpopmail & Qmailadmin on the box, and want to keep
> those tools.  I'm also running Qmailscanner & ClamAV installed as per
> http://www.qmailrocks.org
> 
> I'm pretty familiar with RPM, but not so much with any of the other
> package managers.  I'd like to keep things installed using Packages as to
> keep my upgrade/update path fairly easy.
> 
> This new machine will be exclusively a Mailserver - No web, limited DB (as
> required by Vpopmail), but no other extraneous processes.  I will have
> OpenSSH installed on it so I can remote admin into the box and maintain
> it.  There will be no user accounts on the machine other than the personal
> account I will create for administration using sudo.
> 
> -----
> 
> Based upon these specifications & needs, is there another distro which
> would work better?  I'd prefer to stick with Linux, as it's the *nix I'm
> most familiar with.  (I'm not adverse to learning a *BSD, but don't want
> to do it as an exercise in configuring & setting up my new Mailserver.) 
> The Distro's I'm familiar with are Redhat (pre-Fedora/EL), Slackware &
> SuSE.
> 
> Any feedback is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Jay
> 
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