Re: Linux recommendations

[CunningPike <cunningpike () gmail com>]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Kevin Ross <kevross33 () googlemail com> wrote:
> Fedora. Especially if you are coming from redhat. I prefer fedora. Most
> people say Ubuntu and Fedora are probably the top distros about the now but
> I find Fedora far better for this sort of thing. Regards, Kevin
>
> On 9 November 2010 16:16, Castle, Shane <scastle () bouldercounty org> wrote:
> > I have been using RHEL5 x86_64 quite well up until the last batch of
> > Snort upgrades, starting with 2.8.6.1, when RHEL5 was no longer a viable
> > platform (the SnortSam mods were the first issue, and then there was
> > 2.9.0). I know, there are additions that can be made to RHEL5 to make
> > 2.9.0/2.9.0.1 work, but then the "just run yum" feature no longer will
> > work for the mods, and SnortSam's requirements with the whole
> > autoconf/libtool issue mean that I can't use RHEL5 at all. So, unless I
> > want to hold out for RHEL6, I have to start looking for a Linux platform
> > replacement.

We run latest snort and snortsam on Centos 5.5 (binary equivalent to
RHEL5) - I'm curious about the specifics of the problems you have
encountered with RHEL5?

CP

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