Linux distro

[Mike]

Hi,

I know this question has been asked at least a million times before, but here it goes again. What distro is the "best" in terms of stability, performance, custom kernels (easy to make them) and so on.
I've been using Ubuntu 11.04 and Debian 5 for almost a year now and I like them both. However when I tried to compile my own custom kernel on Ubuntu I got the dreaded kernel panic, unable to mount root filesystem. I know a lot of GSP's use Gentoo, but I haven't looking on it yet, how is it in comparison to Debian? Is it pretty easy to make a custom kernel on it?

Thanks,
Michael

[lol554]

Debian Squeeze with a customized kernel 3.0 is a great performer.

[Mike]

Have you tried it? I'm considering to try it on one of my homeservers.

Edit: Wat.. the moment I reinstall a server, kernel.org is down...

Edit2: Would a Ubuntu 11.04 install + custom 3.0.0 kernel be as good as Debian with the 3.0.0 kernel?

[BehaartesEtwas]

I would prefer ubuntu (server edition) above debian, as ubuntu is a bit faster with new versions, but that is probably only a matter of preference... In fact, any distribution will do if properly modified, only ubuntu and debian will already be closest (kernel modification will suffice, or even without it will be already good).

[Mike]

So Ubuntu with a custom 3.0 kernel will do it?

[BehaartesEtwas]

you can even try without a custom kernel. I would change the kernel only if necessary...

[Mike]

With Ubuntu 11.04 desktop (wrong version lols) the fps was unstable like hell. It didn't even hit the 66.66 mark, it was only at 66.3 - 4 -2 and so on.

[lol554]

I have tried out the debian squeeze with 3.0 kernel, yes. I tried to start 8 x 64 slot servers filled with bots on the testbox (a i7-2600K system) on 4 gigahertz, and it actually did it very well!

[Mike]

I've installed Windows Server 2008 r2 SP1 on it. I'll just have to use that until kernel.org is up again. Even tho i hate Windows :s

Edit: I know that this is not the right section to ask but ill ask anyway, any optimisations i can do to Windows to get more stable fps?

Edit2: How would I go on creating an initial ram disk on Ubuntu 11.04 using kernel 3.0?

[BehaartesEtwas]

you don't need an initial ram disk:
http://wiki.fragaholics.de/index.php/EN:Kernel_Configuration_avoid_initrd

[Mike]

Heh.. I did do everything in that "tut" when I installed my ubuntu custom kernel. Didnt work. I even selected all to be loaded. Also;
"I know that this is not the right section to ask but ill ask anyway, any optimisations i can do to Windows to get more stable fps?"

Edit: Managed to fix Debian on wireless, hu hu hu.. 32 players and not a single variation on the fps

[BehaartesEtwas]

(09-14-2011, 08:28 PM)Mike Wrote:  Edit: Managed to fix Debian on wireless, hu hu hu.. 32 players and not a single variation on the fps

so it's solved then?

I cannot you help with windows, probably you better ask in the windows section...

[Mike]

Yep. I consider it as solved. However, after I did the kernel upgrade, i did apt-get update && apt-get upgrade it had to download 200 mb's of packages, and now /etc/debian_version is telling me that i'm running Wheezy/sid, I downloaded Squeeze, is this normal lol?

[BehaartesEtwas]

maybe you somehow triggered a distupgrade? that cannot be related to the kernel upgrade...

[Mike]

Very weird. All i did was:
dpkg -i kernel-image*
update-grub
apt-get upgrade

The last step is where it ran the upgrades.