[Discuss] Debian is now the most popular Linux distribution on web servers

[Guy Gold]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:14:22PM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

>Even just the installation process leads you to suspect this conclusion
>- In Ubuntu, you barely have any choices, package selections, etc.  It will    
>install a GUI for you, and afterward, you can then optionally add/remove         
>packages.                                                                 

Greetings, I do have a lot to say about Debian,CentOS etc, but maybe
later on :). But, with all fairness to Ubuntu server, it does let you
have a lot of choice for which packages to install. And its basic install
is without GUI and actually with open-ssh server along with a basic
Linux system. I assume you referred to Ubuntu Desktop in the installation
process.

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Guy Gold

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On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:14:22PM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro
> > 
> > It's easy to speculate that RedHat doesn't get the volume that CentOS
> > does because it costs money, but what does this say about Ubuntu Server,
> > which although commercial support is available, can be installed for free.
> 
> My personal opinion:
> Ubuntu makes a better desktop because it's more cutting edge, more flashy,
> etc.  But for the same reason, it's less stable, and hence less attractive
> to use for an internet-facing server.
> 
> Even just the installation process leads you to suspect this conclusion - In
> ubuntu, you barely have any choices, package selections, etc.  It will
> install a GUI for you, and afterward, you can then optionally add/remove
> packages.
> 
> A web server should be as minimal as possible to do the required task.  Run
> as few services as possible.  There should be no GUI.  Every package you
> install is imperfect, and could possibly contain /the/ vulnerability that
> some bad guy is going to exploit to break into your system.  So you install
> absolutely the minimal number of packages, and no unnecessary packages.
> Debian and Centos are better for this purpose.  RHEL is good, but it costs
> money.  Fedora and Ubuntu make better desktops than any of the above, but
> any of the above make better servers than Fedora or Ubuntu.
> 
> My $0.02
> 
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