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i heard that slackware lniux is harder than redhat, the reason i want to get slackware is that the downloads for redhat are driving me insane and i want to try something different, so pleas if you can help, tell me which is better and why.. or should i stick with slackware and just wait for redhat? thank you
Personally, I'd choose redhat. If the download isn't working that just get it from a software store or get it off cd. I'd always stick to redhat. My recommendation!
Slackware is somewhat tougher. Just do what I did, go to your bookstore and buy a how to book with a copy of redhat that somes with it. It is easier that way. Get slackware when you think you need some more linux functionality.
Slackware is the single most secure server Distro I've seen.
It is not designed to be a workstation, the way RedHat is.
Slackware is for the die-hard Linux user,
but chsh I don't agree with you, OpenBSD has got to be the most secure server distro I have ever seen :)
if slackware is not designed tob a work station, then what i it designed to be (pardon my ignorance)
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Originally posted here by Union Elite
if slackware is not designed tob a work station, then what i it designed to be (pardon my ignorance)
Question is, are you skilled and capable of doing so?
I would personally recommend sticking with Red Hat. I had issues downloading from their FTP site as well (it was slow as hell!), so I just searched Google and found some mirrors do download from. Within an hour, I had downloaded all three CDs (I just started downloading each CD from a different mirror, so as to not exceed their download limits).
AJ
lol leviatan, my keyboard is wack... i spilled soda on it so its all weird... unless you meant elsewise
Levitan, not to split hairs, but OpenBSD is not Linux. Any BSD can be a small adjustment for those not familiar with it's wiley ways. :bigsmile:Quote:
Slackware is for the die-hard Linux user,
but chsh I don't agree with you, OpenBSD has got to be the most secure server distro I have ever seen
I will agree, however, that OpenBSD is a very secure default installation, but I believe that any distribution of Linux or BSD can be made to be very secure with the right knowhow.
chsh, I like Slack too, but I'd have to say the most secure Linux distribution I've ever seen was SELinux released by the NSA:
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html
Ya gotta respect a distro without a root account!
Union Elite
there's other things computers can be used for then just work stations. if someone were to build a print server.....firewall....anything of that nature, that would only have to sit in a closet most of the time and maybe looked at once a month, i would use an operating system like slack.
someone mentioned freeBSD, if you want my opinion, go with that.
i don't want FreeBSD.. it looks wack..i'm going to stick with RedHat..thanx a lot for the help guys
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Originally posted here by roswell1329
Levitan, not to split hairs, but OpenBSD is not Linux. Any BSD can be a small adjustment for those not familiar with it's wiley ways. :bigsmile:
I will agree, however, that OpenBSD is a very secure default installation, but I believe that any distribution of Linux or BSD can be made to be very secure with the right knowhow.
chsh, I like Slack too, but I'd have to say the most secure Linux distribution I've ever seen was SELinux released by the NSA:
http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/index.html
Ya gotta respect a distro without a root account!
Yes, but we are discussing about secure servers, wether it be Linux/BSD or Solaris for all I care.