I need a new server distro

[C M Reinehr]

On Fri 15 February 2013 12:32:54 pm David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Michael Hipp <michael at redmule.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a distro suitable for use in a small server:
> > 
> > 1) Simple easy-to-use installer
> > 2) Server install has no GUI anywhere, everything can be done by ssh cli
> > 3) Knows how to configure software RAID in the installer and boot
> > degraded afterwards and I never have to touch an mdadm command unless I
> > just want to
> > 4) Fairly up-to-date server software stack (e.g. samba, postgresql,
> > postfix, rsync, etc.)
> 
> Debian testing (Wheezy)
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
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+1 for Debian.

I've been running three simple, non-graphical servers with Debian for 10+ 
years. You didn't say what you wanted to do with your servers, but Stable 
likely will meet your needs. Testing is 211 packages away from being released 
so install Squeeze now and upgrade to Wheezy in a few months (probably 3 - 6 
months to release). And, there's always backports until Wheezy is released.

Cheers!
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