Which OS, My Dilemma Today
I have a linode running CentOS 5.5 currently. I was thinking of maybe running Ubuntu now. My server isn't nothing major yet, just a personal site. So nothing critical will be lost etc if I did switch.
What I would like to know from the Linux Community is:
Which OS is better? Want one that will last in updates/development. Stability etc.
IF ran Ubuntu, which version would you use and why? 10.04 LTS or 10.10?
I am partial to using Ubuntu 10.10 since I just installed that on my girlfriend's laptop. Got both CentOS5.5 & Ubuntu10.10 distros here with me now. Am using CentOS5.5 on my local machine for development purposes…
Thank you for any help/advice.
Eric
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If you do go for Ubuntu, you should probably use 10.04 LTS, since it's an LTS release and a bit more mature at this point.
1) I like apt over yum
2) Debian's packages are a bit old (although I could use backports)
3) It's LTS (yay 5 years support!)
Load up a few distros on your home computer in a virtual machine, have a play, see which you like best.
@obs:
No distro is really better than another it's just personal preference…
This looks interesting:
"Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is everything a good Linux distribution isn't. Its developers have spent hours stuffing it with broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that makes it vulnerable to attacks."
@zunzun:
This looks interesting:
http://www.damnvulnerablelinux.org/ "Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is everything a good Linux distribution isn't. Its developers have spent hours stuffing it with broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that makes it vulnerable to attacks."
Yummy – installing it on all my nodes now.
a distribution similar to one I use
@zunzun:
@obs:No distro is really better than another it's just personal preference…
This looks interesting:
http://www.damnvulnerablelinux.org/ "Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is everything a good Linux distribution isn't. Its developers have spent hours stuffing it with broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that makes it vulnerable to attacks."
The things people spend time creating…ok "no distro linode offers is better" how about that?
