Re: [exim] which linux for exim

On Monday 19 September 2005 05:22 pm, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
> 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 that they used outdated packages...?

Debian is arguably the most popular single distribution since the endless Red
Hat forking and fracturizaion finally hit Red Hat itself. Exim is also the
most popular MTA among Debian users (exim being the default).

> 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.

I smell spam.