fedora or slackware?

[mrweirdo]

I currently have Fedora core 1 installed on my linux box and I have downloaded the install CDs for core 2. I also have downloaded the install disks for slackware 10 recently. Now my problem is I cant decide on wich distro to use. Should i stick with fedora and upgrade it or switch to slackware 10? What I do or plan on doing with this system is runing apache/php/perl for web site development stuff, file storage over the network with samba, probably nat/firewalling of cable internet conection, dhcp server and dns proxy. I also like to use the gnome gui and since I'm usualy lazy I tend to like GUI based config tools more then typing commands on a shell.

 

[Childs]

Fedora is more mainstream, so if you run into issues someone will have an answer for it. Other than that, it doesn't really matter with Linux, as its all pretty much the same. I prefer Suse myself.

 

[drag]

For a server setup, I'd use Slackware.

Fedora is more of a experimental setup. It's made for people to have the latest and greatest and as vehicle for Redhat engineers to try new things and impiment new features.

Slackware on the other hand is designed as a finished end product.

But if you want GUI configuration apps, Fedora has them and Slackware doesn't. Fedora also has lots of support were as Slackware your going to end up compiling and configuring stuff by hand.

Although if you want remote control over a server check out Webmin. It has plugin for difference services and is a nice gui configuration tool that you access thru a mini SSL-encrypted webserver. A lot like remote web configuration tools common to home routers.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Unless you're willing to use dropline gnome, I'd avoid slackware. But really, it doesn't matter a whole lot.

 

[Nothinman]

Debian.