RedHat or Mandrak for security

[chochem]

I've pretty much been a Solaris guy, but my boss wants me to set up a linux-box that has company support. That limits my choices, but after some research, I figure RedHat and Mandrake are the two I'm looking at. Debian would have been great, but again, there is the support issue. For a development(not production) environment, which would you guys choose? Mandrake or Redhat. Security and stability are the keys here. Thanks all, and have a safe Halloween.

PS I keep hearing that Mandrake does not offer the customizability that advanced users would want. I'm not really sure that this is true . . . I'd like to confirm this. Thanks again.

[This message has been edited by chochem (edited 31 October 2000).]

[Harvey]

redhat. but follow the updates and stuff on their page. it's buggy at first. but mandrake feels really unprofessional to me personally...

[ph34r]

Either, since Mandrake is a updated and optimised Redhat. But, I would pick Slackware ... I mean Redhat 6.2. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

[evil_roy]

They can both be customised/tweaked as far as you want to go. As for security -ditto -it's up to you how far you want to take it.
Security "out of the box" will depend on what and how you choose to install - this goes for any distro really -you can always tighten it later/whenever you want.

[bkurt]

Yeah, when I used Mandrake 7.1, it seemed a little messy to as far as being able to configure it by hand. If you're looking for the company support Red Hat would probably be the best, but I think your overall best bet would be Slackware. I've only been using it for a couple of weeks now but like it much more than Mandrake.