[MLB-WIRELESS] what distro for gateway.

[KevinL]

<advocacy>
RedHat is a good pick if you have people around to help you with RedHat
problems.  Just about anything falls into that category.

I'd recommend looking into Debian if you want to keep the server running
for a long period of time (thinking several years) without having to do
a re-install.  Debian's package management tools are more comprehensive
than RedHat's, and will probably make your life easier in the long run -
for instance, their upgrade path from release to release has typically
been simpler and more painless than RedHat's.

But, as always, it's more who you know than what you know - if you can
get aid and assistance with RedHat systems, then by all means go with
them.  The difference between different distro's is not large enough
that you should worry too much - you'll get to know whatever you
install, get familiar with it, and likely be happy ;)
</advocacy>

KevinL

On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 15:29, jv at teragen.com.au wrote:
> ok. I now know what system Im building and want to know the best distro for 
> my needs.
> 
> System 
> AMD 1.2 /256DDR / MSI mobo with KT266 chipset/Rihcoh PCI cradles (2)/ 
> Roamabout (2) / 8139 NIC
> 
> Perpose. mWireless AP / Fileserver / gmae server (mybe)
> 
> My skill in  *nix: Very limited. Can work my way around to edit .conf files as 
> needed but know little more than that.
> 
> I work in a workplace that runs RH7 servers and can talk to the techs there 
> anytime about problems and also get any update cd's needed (Tho im still on 
> netstats so thats not soo important).
> 
> Given these details what would my best choice be for a distro to run well as a 
> mWireless AP ?
> 
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