Paul G. Allen wrote:
I already have an opinion on this, but I always seek input from other
knowledgeable admins on such things.
I'd like opinions, and some reasoning behind them, as to which Linux
distro you think is better for corporate servers. I'm looking at, in
order of importance: reliability, ease of maintenance and upgrading,
support, and cost (we plan to pay for support from whatever Linux
distributor we decide to go with).
Thanks,
PGA
The ones who are focusing on the enterprise are best. I like Suse, but
RedHat is doing a fine job as well. There are others that are trying to
hit the Desktop market. Suse and RedHat already have a good portion of
the Enterprise linux server market. Both RedHat and Suse run on IBMs
Systems s, p, and i. This is a huge deal, because it runs on Enterprise
class IBM hardware that companies already use. Not only does it run
there, but it is supported by IBM. Desktops are a different story. I
think a lot of the value would be lost in getting an enterprise or
professional version. I would use Fedora or OpenSuse to stay consistent
with the server knowledge base, but avoid the licensing charges. Both of
these have an update system that can be managed built in. You can run
your own update servers. There are many fine distros to choose from, but
these two tend to be more palatable by management types, because they
already know the names. I have been fighting for Linux in government for
a long time, and constantly bump into resistance. The arguments are
falling on a more knowledgeable management, since we are making
money(you know the funny government money) with Linux on System z
(zSeries a few months ago)
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