1 Jul
2004
1 Jul
'04
3:10 p.m.
Hi,
Patrick Useldinger wrote:
> I am not sure I should really do this, there's been too much arguing
> already. But, looking at this from a different point of view, I am
> curious to know who uses *which* distro for *what* purpose.
>
> So would you care, if you wish to participate, to send _one line per
> distro you use_ to this mailing list, in the form:
>
> distro 1: purpose 1
> distro 2: purpose 2
> [...]
>
> Disto in the sense of Unix/Linux flavour.
Work, including colleagues' desktops:
(quite some different machines)
Debian stable: mailserver, webserver, DNS, mysql, postgresql, ...
RedHat 7.3: Veritas NetBackup, CheckPoint FW-1, samba
Solaris: Lotus Domino, sendmail, bind
Debian testing: desktop & development
Debian unstable: desktop
MacOS X: desktop & dev
Mandrake: desktop & dev
(now retired:) HP/UX: sendmail/apache/msql/bind
Knoppix: rescue, restore, demo
Home:
Debian testing: router, webserver, desktop (Athlon 800, Pentium 90)
Gentoo: desktop (laptop)
SuSE 8.2: test desktop (K6-2 350)
OpenBSD: test system (DEC 3000)
Debian stable: desktop (old laptop)
Debian stable: test system (AlphaServer 1000A)
Debian testing: test system (Sun Ultra 30)
Debian stable: test system, soon router (Sun SparcStation 20)
Knoppix: demo, rescue
formerly tested/used: FreeBSD, NetBSD, RedHat, Mandrake, IPCop,
Slackware, GNUSTEP live CD, FreeSBIE (live FreeBSD), SuSE (older
versions), ...
As yet untested: Tru64, SystemRescueCD
Greets Eric
P.S.: I notice noone's dared to write up a Windows system with
Cygwin ;-)