Debian as server platform?

[Joel Hammer]

As a home user, my debian lindows does just fine.

This cheapo box is a mail server, name server, and print
server. Volume is of course low.

Debian is so simple to configure and update. I'll never
go back, unless the debian movement goes away.

I haven't found any software yet not in debian format.

I came straight from col 2.4 into debian. The only
difference I can see is the startup scripts hang out
in /etc/init.d, not /etc/rc.d/init.d.  Otherwise, it is
very similar.


Joel

On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 06:32:48PM -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> I'm a Debian ignoramus so please forgive if these are dum-dum questions ...
> 
> - Would anyone have any serious reservations about using Debian stable 
> as a server platform?
> 
> - Coming from primarily a COL/RH background, what will I find different 
> or strange in Debian?
> 
> - What, if any, are the disadvantages of a non-commercial distro like 
> Debian?
>