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by **schnilsch** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:48 am

I want to get a shell account but I don´t know what system I want.

As the topic states I am new to this, well not really, I just forgot everything. Are any of the systems easier then the others?
I also want to run eggdrop.

by **dillona_aix** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:45 am

Hi,
Everyone has their favorite, but most of the systems here are basicly the same with the exception of the OpenVMS systems. OpenVMS is quite a bit different then Unix. I personally like AIX and SuSE(being the admin). In my opinion redhat is too crowded(69,620 users). Debian is also a nice OS, although I have not used the Polarhome debian server.
As for Eggdrop, most systems have system eggdrop installed. I installed it on suse several weeks ago.

by **miker_alpha** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:04 am

With UNIX, if you're looking for something, you can easily and quickly check that small manual and find out it's not there. With VMS, no matter what you look for - it's literally a five-foot shelf of documentation - if you look long enough it's there. That's the difference - the beauty of UNIX is that it's simple; and the beauty of VMS is that it's all there.

Ken Olsen,
President of DEC, 1984

MikeR

by **dillona_aix** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:10 pm

That is one cool (and true) quote.

I had never read that before.

by **schnilsch** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:23 pm

Dare I try OpenVMS, a system that is unknown to me?... NO

I think I´ll try debian.

BTW did i have to register an email account on the server first?

by **miker_alpha** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:00 pm

BTW did i have to register an email account on the server first?

Yep.
MikeR

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