On Tuesday 01 December 2009, Terry L. Inzauro wrote: <snip>
> Personally, Debian Stable (currently Lenny) is my Linux of choice for > production system. Package management via apt is second to none and > everything is very well documented with a willing and able community for > support. > > > Why restate whats already written: > http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian > > > When it comes down to it, the best distro is the one "you" know how to use. > I would start with a distro that you are most comfortable with and know > how to use the best. After using RPM based distros for years I didn't know it could get better. That is until I tried Debian. I have installed and still maintain tens of servers and now I cringe when I have to work with RPM based distros. It just takes too much time. I thought Ubuntu LTS would be better but I have had more problems with it then Debian. For example, doing a distribution upgrade has rendered a system unbootable and made me boot from CD to fix it. I have never had a problem upgrading Debian. I have even upgraded several remotely without a problem. Try upgrading RH 3 to 4 to 5 remotely or otherwise. I don't know anyone who has worked with both Debian and RPM based distros enough to get good at them and chose to run RH or Centos. The worst thing about Debian is it comes default with Exim so I have to always do this: # apt-get --purge install postfix And that's it! Regards, David Koski da...@kosmosisland.com
