server distros

Dave Cramer davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org
Fri Mar 9 11:14:47 UTC 2012


On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:42 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> | From: William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
>
> | On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 06:36:18AM -0500, Dave Cramer wrote:
> | > Looking currently at centos, or ubuntu.
> | >
> | > Comments ?
> | >
> | > My goal is ease of upgrading.
> |
> | Answer:
> |     Any distro that you're already familiar with.
>
> This is a very useful answer.
>
> All distros have strengths and weaknesses.  You are often best off not
> being surprised.
>
> I don't do anything stressful on a server, so my opinion isn't well
> tested.
>
> I like CentOS.
>
> - very stable
>
> - well supported (by Red Hat)
>
> - facilities are familiar to me: much like the Red Hat products that I've
>  been using for over 15 years.  (But not a rollercoaster like
>  Fedora.)
>
> - although upgrades (major version changes) are not easy, they are
>  very infrequent and support lasts for a long long time (quite often
>  longer than the hardware you using)
>
> I also use Ubuntu LTS.  I've not been as impressed.  Support isn't as
> long, nor is it as good.  LTS feels like an afterthought.  When it
> comes down to it, Red Hat has way more staff working on their product.
>
> Why, then, do I use Ubuntu LTS?
>
> (1) for MythTV.  Mythbuntu seems to be the best canned MythTV support.
>
> (2) for stable desktops (i.e. for people that don't want to do an
>    upgrade every six months or a year).  Ubuntu comes with most of
>    the candy without having to work at configuring it (eg. MP/3 players).
>
> Right now, if you install CentOS 6, you can expect a long future for
> it.  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will be superceded in a month (by 12.04 LTS).  I
> don't actually like the way Ubuntu (or Fedora) desktops are heading
> and 12.04 LTS will likely get you into the middle of that swamp.
>
> I've not used Debian directly very often.  I expect that it is very
> good for server deployments.
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I have been leaning towards ubuntu, however what happened to inittab ?

Dave
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