Definitely stick with what you are used too. Ubuntu and Debian are great bases for a backuppc server just because of simplicity in setup but any linux as well as BSD, *Solaris are all very good. Installing from source is quite easy except when some of the required perl stuff is not packaged for the platform you use.. Not backuppc's issue, but and issue none-the-less.
Thanks everyone for quick responses. I will give it a go on our Suse setup
and see how it works. Since they have the deal with Microsoft - active
directory integration makes life so much simpler.
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From: "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:03 AM
To: "General list for user discussion,questions and support"
<backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Question about OS Flavor...
> I figured out pretty quickly that it's not hard to switch from one distro
> to
> another, personally. The issue is whether you have infrastructure in place
> that indicates one distro over another (custom RPM build environments,
> documentation, etc.)
>
> I chose Debian because it had the most sensible layout, best quality
> control, best selection of packages, and was easiest to update, as of a
> few
> years ago.
>
> I find Debian to be by far the best & easiest BackupPC install; but Ubuntu
> is pretty much the same thing (tho I don't like the name as much); so I
> don't see much difference there.
>
> --
> Carl Soderstrom
> Systems Administrator
> Real-Time Enterprises
> www.real-time.com
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