On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Shaun Thomas <stho...@optionshouse.com>wrote:
> Hey guys, > > I'm not sure the last time I saw this discussion, but I was somewhat > curious: what would be your ideal Linux distribution for a nice solid > PostgreSQL installation? We've kinda bounced back and forth between RHEL, > CentOS, and Ubuntu LTS, so I was wondering what everyone else thought. > Find the one that suits *you* (or rather your employer/client) and use that ;) We can debate the pros and cons of each and every distro, and in the end it'll be the one that suits your (or your client/employer's) needs and makes you (or your client/employer) happy that'll win the battle. In the bigger enterprises, RHEL and SuSE typically wins. As you go down the Centos/Fedora/Ubuntu/Debians start to become more prevalent (license costs etc.) The questions you'll need to ask and investigate: 1) Do I want license/support that I can pay somebody to look into my OS troubles? 2) How "active" is the community for this distro? 3) Which distros are the people around you using? (ie. replacement/backups/etc.) 4) Do you want bleeding/leading/stable/old releases? 5) Can you compile from source for this? 6) What OSes are your hosting/etc. supporting? (for the servers on the net out there) 7) Am I/company/client happy with this choice?
