[TriLUG] Linux Distribution for server Opinions

[Roy Vestal]

I personally would never suggest Fedora as a server for this very  
reason. CentOS is what I suggest to my clients who can't afford RHEL.

To be fair, I've only tried the Ubuntu desktop, not the server, but if  
it's similar to Debian as a server, I'm not interested.

One interesting note in the "Red Hat vs. Debian" server arena. I've  
had a lot of difficulties in the past getting Gartner level IQ, SOP,  
TOP's approved for Debian based servers, vs the Red Hat based servers.  
I'm curious what my old clients would use if they were to seek the  
approval for Ubuntu server.

-CFA21 Part 11 anyone?

On Jan 23, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Matt Pusateri wrote:

> There are things I like about Fedora and things I don't, but I can't
> imagine running a server on a distro that has a cutting edge life
> cycle.  Oh and as for those servers, no one is caring for them, their
> just doing what linux does best, chugging along with little
> intervention (no pun intended)
>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Neil L. Little wrote:
>
>> Before getting kicked to the curb...
>>
>> We had two servers and both used the server versions of Ubuntu. The
>> attempt before the change to Ubuntu was Fedora. This was when Fedora
>> was
>> having problems with their user community or rather I was finding it
>> difficult to find answers. It all ended when the Fedora server
>> became a
>> porn generating zombie and I moved on to Ubuntu.
>>
>> The bossman made me install desktops on the two servers because (and
>> these were his words...) he didn't "get" command line. As you can
>> imagine the boss man is a "mouse warrior" M$ Winders type.
>>
>> I wonder who he has caring for those servers now?...
>>
>> 73,
>> Neil, WA4AZL
>> JARS Forever!!
>> www.jars.net
>>
>> Lee Fickenscher wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Matt Bidwell <bidwell at dead-
>>> city.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ubuntu, IMHO is a desktop distribution.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I respectfully disagree. Ubuntu Desktop Edition is definitely (as is
>>> obvious) for desktops. But the server edition is very much a server
>>> distribution. Lean and mean with no cruft. The clean lines of
>>> debian with
>>> the friendliness of Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> That being said, I agree with others here that the best distro for
>>> you is
>>> the distro you know the best. I know some on the list are using
>>> CentOS quite
>>> happily and it is, I'm told, very comfortable for the redhatters.
>>>
>>
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