[TriLUG] Debian vs. Ubuntu server

[Dave Sorenson]

Gee, I was going to chime in for Cent, but you kinda took the wind outta 
my sails.. <ducks>

Dave

Aaron Joyner wrote:
> Greg Brown wrote:
>
>> After trying to die several times over the past six months my beloved
>> P-II CentOS home server has finally, and fully, bit the dust.
>>
>> I'm going to convert my old very slightly used P4 Win machine to my
>> new server after upgrading the disks to dual 250 gig.  The only
>> question remains the OS: debian or Ubuntu?
>>
>>> From a desktop perspective I love Ubuntu but I'm a bit leary of the
>> server release only because I really haven't used it.
>>
>> What are everyone's thoughts for a home server?
>>
>> Greg
>>  
>>
> I suppose I'm still a Debian man, but my reasoning goes like this.  As 
> I see it, the main reason for Ubuntu's inception was a) frustration 
> with no recent release of Debian, b) desire to beautify the gui 
> interface and make that better.  There are probably other advantages, 
> but those are the primary ones in my humble opinion.  Given that 
> there's a current and reasonably recent release of Debian (Sarge) 
> which will be stably supported for the next 5 years by a distro that's 
> been around long enough to prove it can do so, and the fact anything 
> deemed a server probably shouldn't have X installed, I can't really 
> see any reason to be running Ubuntu.
>
> That's my two cents, let the flaming Ubuntu-cheering responses ensue.
> Aaron S. Joyner