On 13/04/15 05:51, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote:
Hi all,I think it depends on your usecase.
Important: This can easily become a flame war - request all to please avoid
making this personal and keep this limited to the distros instead of the
distro users. (Hate the sin not the sinner.) :-)
Am setting up a new public server. This will have our default website as well
as all tools to help our developers develop from across the globe.Will host
website, proj mgmt (redmine), subversion, jenkins, Selenium automated test,
build tools etc.
This will be either on digitalocean or AWS.
I have not been a linux admin for about 3-4 yrs now and have not really kept
up to date on the developments.
At that time I was managing Fedora/CentOS and I am comfortable with its
internals. Very comfortable with rpm, service and init processes, file system
layout etc.
At that time Ubuntu was fast catching up as a great alternative to
Fedora/CentOS on the serverbut did not follow it after 2010.
I did use Ubuntu exclusive as my default desktop OS for almost 6-7 yrs but
never really had to use command line there and hence I am familiar with (but
not an expert) with 'Ubuntu' specific stuff like upstart and the placement of
config files in filesystem etc. Ubuntu on Desktop was a dream - it just
worked with all the hardware without me having to compile any drivers.
I want to manage this server with minimal compiles but want latest versions
of tools and libraries (RoR, php, Java).
My current "old" server is CentOS 5 which I initially booted up in 2008. I
really need to upgrade :-)
For my new server, which would you recommend between Ubuntu, Fedora and
CentOS ?
Please do not make this a flame war. I know they are great distros - I am
trying to see if it is worth learning Ubuntu server side stuff or go with
Fedora/CentOS where I am already comfortable.
Thanks,kc
