[CoLoCo] Gutsy vs RHFC

[TJ Heaney]

Don't dis Vista... best coaster ever!

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:52 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
wrote:

> Oh.  I don't know how I got idea that it was going to be a server...  So,
> let me change
> my answer.  I would run Ubuntu on any workstation.  The only reason I might
> run the very
> latest Fedora would be to become familiar with RH type of systems
> administration, but
> I'm already familiar with that, so I wouldn't.  As a side point, if I had
> ~three~
> computers, I might run OpenSUSE on the third one.  And if I had 9
> computers, one might
> get Vista.  Nah...  :-)
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:47:17 -0600, TJ Heaney wrote
> > It's actually for Web Development.
> >
> > I'm using it as a workstation.
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:07 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Red Hat is better supported, better known, more stable, more
> "enterprisey".
> > >  If the box
> > > is mission-critical, and you'll be running complex services (like or
> > > especially Oracle),
> > > I would recommend Red Hat.  Also, more folks are more familiar with Red
> > > Hat, if you are
> > > going to share administrative duties with another Linux engineer, that
> > > might be a point
> > > in it's favor.
> > >
> > > Ubuntu installs much more cleanly; no unneeded junk by default, no
> > > complexity-by-default
> > > in the form of LVM, SELinux, and IPtables.
> > >
> > > I use Ubuntu servers just about everywhere and one or two Red Hat
> servers
> > > in important
> > > places.  Actually, I have Ubuntu in important places, too.  Anyway, I
> like
> > > and trust
> > > them both.  I let site standards, planned services, and other available
> > > administrative
> > > talent to determine which distro to use.
> > >
> > > In reality, very few jobs are mission-critical, and
> > > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:58:31 -0600, David Overcash wrote
> > > > The biggest reason most companies switch as far as I know is the
> > > > package system.  When it comes to servers however, CentOS (fedora) is
> > > > considered by many to be more stable and secure.
> > > >
> > > > Neal probably has some great points though...  he helps out on the
> > > > Ubuntu server team.  Ping Neal?  :)
> > > >
> > > > On 7/28/08, TJ Heaney <tjheaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to make a case to have my work box switch from Red
> Hat(e)
> > > to
> > > > > Ubuntu.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have a list of Pros/Cons for both of them?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > TJ
> > > > > "Ita erat quando hic adveni."
> > > > >
> > > >
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TJ Heaney
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