On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:22:37 -0700 David Guntner <da...@guntner.com> wrote:
> I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support > mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and > forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer both shared hosting and > VPS services, and are running Linux. Currently my VPS is Debian, though > they announced recently that they're going to be switching to Ubuntu so > that they can get new software updates faster than Debian typically > supplies them. But I figure that will still *feel* like Debian, so I'm > not that worried about it. :-) I'm curious: how important is getting updates fast in the context of a server? I understand that for desktops, some want the latest features, or support for new hardware, etc. but servers? Doesn't it make more sense to just run something like Debian *stable*? I am no hosting expert, so it's not a criticism - I'm just curious. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131101134626.224045c02f0c430628902...@gmail.com
