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On 10/20/2009 12:15 PM, Jonathan Mast wrote: > I've never touch SuSE or Ubuntu so can't comment on those. Ubuntu is essentially Debian but with quicker package updates :) I would avoid Ubuntu for production simply because it's quite desktop-oriented (yes, they have a server version, too, so don't flame me). > Gentoo is super high performance but could lead to your head exploding > during setup. Or at any point afterward. I used to be a huge Gentoo fan: everything compiles with appropriate optimizations on your hardware, you don't get anything you don't want, etc. In production, though, it's tough because the answer to all security problems is "build the latest version: it's got all the patches". But maybe you don't want to have the latest version. Maybe you want the version you've been using all this time because the configuration is stable, it works with all your other stuff, and doesn't require that you upgrade to kernel version p.d.q., udev-x.y.z, and some other long list of dependencies. Maybe you just want the same version you've been running with that security patch applied. Sure, you could go out and get the diffs and just apply them yourself, but that's tedious and error-prone. As much as I love the idea of Gentoo, the package managers simply aren't friendly towards realistic, stable production environments. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrfNhgACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDiBACghhpD1GUqagD98fjDNSXF/F0P CgMAmgJ0Cio9+DuyU2TiZZjzILEUgm1H =cWsq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
