If a modern linux OS is crashing then it will likely /var/log whats going wrong. The phrasing of this issue seems to indicate lack of experience or familiarity with the linux os or unix model of os. Thats no problem if you are keen to learn the principles of the OS you will get better at using the OS and identifying issues.
Now to answer your question specifically: debian stable branch is a good idea. I assume you will stick to something and keep it so go for a distro with long term support/longer release cycle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Stable_ports Good documentation, forums, community support. I would avoid rapid release cycle stuff unless you know what you're doing. Eg: i use apto-sid which is an unstable branch of debian for some servers but i know what im getting myself into. I say debian because the package management, runs nearly all the dependencies that django and a lot of its addons require. Also once you have built a server stack... eg: nginx+fcgi+django+memcached+mysql or any web server stack of your choice on a stable distro you will reduce the pool of possible issues with any of these aformentioned components to a minimum and the problems can be googled with ease. And keep doing this for ~5 years until they stop the LTS and it stops getting security patches. eg: debian etch 2010 Compare this to a rolling release or distro with releases every 6-12 months where kernel is changing and OS has bleeding edge versions and you will have a larger gaumet of issues. Concequently you will have to know more and be better at problem solving. Will you have a rollback plan when the dist-upgrade finishes and something breaks in a new exciting way? Obviously you can develop on any flavour of linux shouldnt matter. Managing a production server is different ballgame. good luck and i hope this advice helps On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Anoop Thomas Mathew <atm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > Firstly, I am not here for a distro war. > I was using ubuntu 9.10, and then switched to fedora 14 and then to fedora > 15. > IMHO, It seems that they all were quite unstable. (Many times it hung up on > my Dell and HP machines - may be driver issues, still I don't want that > too.) > I would really like some recommendation for a linux distro which is much > stable, but still can support all relevant packages. > Top recommendations I found around was Debian and OpenSuse. > Please revert with your suggestions. > Thanks, > Anoop Thomas Mathew > atm > ___ > Life is short, Live it hard. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
