Currently I'm using Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD, and I think that Linux
is the most developed and supported of the three Unixes:
·You can found a lot of free software pre-packaged and ready to
use, without compilation or instalation of third party software or
libraries.
·Supports a lot of hardware and architectures and a lot of
distributions support the same software with diferent
architectures with any change.
Inside the Linux label, my best choice is Debian for the next reasons, the
same exposed by David Shoon:
·Debian is FREE
·Debian it's hard to install (not trivial), but it's increibly
fast and easy of mantain (I have linuxes with 3 distributions
full-update without any downtime!! All the software it's updated
since 1998 and all runs perfectly, without soft-problems,
re-partitionin / reformatting... I think that any distribution or
OS can say the same about the upgrades.
·Debian it isn't a 'secured' distribution, but it's extreamly
secure and don't give you any instability. The software used into
the stable release don't have any 'test or inestable or first-release'
package that can give you a lot of headaches...
·Debian supports a lot of architectures, that give you
inter-operability and scalability of hardware without surprises
All my reasons are in dependence of my experience, but you can think and
feel diferent (The number of Linux distributions it's growing, and it's
'cos the diferent point of views of the people behind Linux).
Good Luck with your decision!
David Shoon-Yew Ng schrieb:
> Dear all,
> I have a question regarding Linux/UNIX in general. I am starting to
learn
> UNIX/Linux but want to focus on one particular area. Which particular
> version is better - RedHat/Caldera/TurboLinux/Corel etc ... it seems there
> are so many versions that it might just be better running SUN Solaris 8
> (Proper UNIX)on Intel platform instead? Which particular version/type is
> used commercially nowadays (on Intel platform) and which is more popular in
> general for Servers/Server based application etc ... Please advise ...
This is a bit "the hard but thorough way", but I'd recommend Debin after you did
the
first cautious steps with a more flashy version. While Debian's installer is not
the
easiest to get used to, it has its advantages. Package dependencies are checked
thoroughly and updated automatically (if you want).
Software always is complete (including documentation) and set up to reasonable
defaults. The filesystem is nicely cleaned up (e.g. _really_ all config files are
in
the /etc branch).
As for a productive system I'd recommend Debian as security patches come up fast
(e.g. the current BIND vulnerability is patched since Sunday afternoon) and the
package-system makes updates extremely easy ("apt-get update; apt-get
dist-upgrade").
This works as well with complete system upgrades as with security patches.
While/because the packages are seldom the newest (feature) version on market you
have
an extremely stable system due to thorough testing before publishing regardless
"release deadlines"
Bye
Volker
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