w[h]ich is better ubuntu or fedora.

[Ewan Mac Mahon]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 01:10:07PM +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Interesting. On the Fedora lists we were constantly saying it's *not*
> really suitable for a server system: go to something like CentOS (a
> repackaged RHEL), since it's more stable [1] and should get support
> for a lot longer than Fedora.
> 
> Personally, I'd look at Debian for an equivalent if you're used to
> Ubuntu.
>
The problem with Debian for that sort of application is that while
they're often long lived the releases don't overlap my anything like as
much. That means that if you install at the wrong time (like now, for
example) you get antique software and a short lifetime for updates. with
the RHEL the older releases are supported for a lot longer after the new
one is out so you can choose whether or not to upgrade old systems while
still having a fairly up to date release for new ones.

Ubuntu is similar, but faster; release n shouldn't be dropped untill n+3
is out of the door.

Ewan
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