Having used both Debian and Fedora, I found Debian much easier to install
and administer than Fedora. The majority of the problems I have seen posted
in regards to Debian have been mostly related to Debian using exim as the
default MTA instead of Sendmail or Postfix. The most important consideration
for me has been the upgrade path; with Debian 3.1 (Sarge), the ability to
split all custom overrides from the default templates has protected my
systems during upgrades. However my Fedora systems have either lost the
configurations, or the upgrade has been problematic if I do not install the
new default configuration templates. I have no mail server experience with
SuSE. Good luck on your choice.
Tim
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From: exim-users-bounces@??? [
mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On
Behalf Of Giuliano Gavazzi
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 8:23 PM
To: Mailinglist EXIM
Subject: [exim] which linux for exim
I am going run a server on a virtual hosting facility and am forced
to use some flavour of Linux.
The options are:
- Linux Fedora
- Debian 3.1
- SuSE Linux 9.2
which one in your opinion is easier to configure the usual (for me)
way as I am used to install packages with configure (if required, not
the case of exim) and then make, etc. I must say that I am not
impressed by the number of problems raised on this list in the past
by Debian users, but does that just mean that Debian is popular or
that they used outdated packages...?
My personal preference would have been FreeBSD as I have some
experience with it (and indirectly as a MacOSX administrator). If
anyone has knowledge of a virtual hosting facility in Italy
supporting it please email me off list.
Thanks
Giuliano
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