Comments on: Dear lazyweb: Which Linux distro should I use? http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887 A Pythoneer's adventures with Scheme, etc. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:37:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Krys http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887/comment-page-1#comment-721 Krys Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:16:40 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=887#comment-721 Hi there, I have been using openSUSE for a few years now as my desktop and for my servers at home and work. My servers work only in text mode. I have found openSUSE to be very capable in text mode with all the usual command-line awesomeness you would expect in a *nix. Additionally, openSUSE's YaST administration tool works equally well under both GUI and text mode. Meaning you get nice menus and tabs and dropdowns, etc. to administer your system, rather than remembering a ton of esoteric command line switches and text file formats. Though you can use those too, if you like. :) I don't know of another distro that provides that kind of text mode administration system, and I have to say that having it does make openSUSE a breeze to administer in text mode (most of the time!) :) Anyway, hope this helps. :) Good luck! Hi there,

I have been using openSUSE for a few years now as my desktop and for my servers at home and work. My servers work only in text mode. I have found openSUSE to be very capable in text mode with all the usual command-line awesomeness you would expect in a *nix.

Additionally, openSUSE’s YaST administration tool works equally well under both GUI and text mode. Meaning you get nice menus and tabs and dropdowns, etc. to administer your system, rather than remembering a ton of esoteric command line switches and text file formats. Though you can use those too, if you like. :)

I don’t know of another distro that provides that kind of text mode administration system, and I have to say that having it does make openSUSE a breeze to administer in text mode (most of the time!) :)

Anyway, hope this helps. :) Good luck!

]]> By: Markino http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887/comment-page-1#comment-720 Markino Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:10:48 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=887#comment-720 Fedora ha a PPC support too :) i have used it succesfully on old an old Ibook Tangerine Clamshell :) Fedora ha a PPC support too :)
i have used it succesfully on old an old Ibook Tangerine Clamshell :)

]]> By: Hans http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887/comment-page-1#comment-715 Hans Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:08:34 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=887#comment-715 If this is primarily a python development machine, I second the recommendation for Ubuntu server. If you are planning to do PHP development (shudder), Gentoo's portage system makes the custom-compiled PHP much easier (i.e. You can have your custom --with-* flags while still using the package manager). In general, if you're a tweaker, Gentoo is nice; on the otherhand, compiling can be slow and i've found that when gentoo breaks, it breaks hard. If this is primarily a python development machine, I second the recommendation for Ubuntu server. If you are planning to do PHP development (shudder), Gentoo’s portage system makes the custom-compiled PHP much easier (i.e. You can have your custom –with-* flags while still using the package manager). In general, if you’re a tweaker, Gentoo is nice; on the otherhand, compiling can be slow and i’ve found that when gentoo breaks, it breaks hard.

]]> By: Grig Gheorghiu http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887/comment-page-1#comment-712 Grig Gheorghiu Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:02:14 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=887#comment-712 Ubuntu all the way. Easy to install, developer friendly (up-to-date packages including Python 2.6), easy to update (apt-get install) Ubuntu all the way. Easy to install, developer friendly (up-to-date packages including Python 2.6), easy to update (apt-get install)

]]> By: jdd http://4.flowsnake.org/archives/887/comment-page-1#comment-711 jdd Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:56:16 +0000 http://4.flowsnake.org/?p=887#comment-711 I recommend arch, assuming it runs well on PPC. See http://www.archlinuxppc.org/ I recommend arch, assuming it runs well on PPC. See http://www.archlinuxppc.org/

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