On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Tony Schreiner wrote:
>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 11:26 PM, dan wrote:
>>> the Centos5 RPM works perfectly on RHEL5.  I prefer a debian  
>>> based  system as it is quicker and easier to build a dedicated  
>>> BPC server  with no extra stuff, Centos5/RHEL5 is a lot heavier  
>>> for the default  install.
>>>
>>>
>> Can you elaborate on your last statement?
>
> I think that just means he knows how to install a minimal server in  
> debian. There shouldn't actually be much difference in what you can  
> do with Centos.  But my backups run mostly at night so I like to  
> use a general purpose setup that provides other services in the  
> daytime anyway.
>
> -- 
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
>
>

I shouldn't speak for him, but you're probably right.

I misread the statement, I thought he meant that BPC itself was  
lighter-weight on Debian than on CentOS.
Tony


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