Preferred Distribution

[Randal, Phil]

I'd use CentOS 5 , not 4, if you're planning to use FuzzyOcr.

netpbm is way too old on CentOS /RHEL 4, and you have to mess about with
FuzzyOcr's scansets to get it to work properly.

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Pete Russell
> Sent: 10 May 2007 14:21
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Preferred Distribution
> 
> Fedora? They do not have support lifecycle suitable for corporate 
> clients (espe ones using external linux skills), IMO.
> 
> CentOS is the logical choice. Hassle free, you know 
> mailscanner is going 
> to work nicely on it - its RHAS...
> 
> 
> 
> --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am having to setup a couple of new mailservers where I am 
> working on contract at the moment, using Dell SC1435 rack 
> mounts.  The problem is that RedHat ES4 kernel is so old does 
> not recognise the SAS RAID card.
> > 
> > Now my question is should I get them to purchase RHES5, or 
> go for either CentOS or Fedora ?
> > 
> > Personally I would use Gentoo or Ubuntu, but they are 
> really *not* happy in using either of them for a corporate system :(
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