One can categorize distributions into three groups:
- enterprise distributions, focusing on stability. RHEL 7/8 (and its
derivatives, CentOS etc.), Ubuntu LTS. Debian stable is similar in its
goals but does not have an enterprise backer.
- bleeding edge distributions that feed the enterprise distributions:
Fedora for RHEL, Ubuntu non-LTS for Ubuntu, Debian unstable.
- everyone else
I recommend using the second type. This allows you to use the latest
technologies, so you don't have to to compile things on your own expect
if you really need something very recent (and you can often avoid the
need to compile even then). Since production use will typically use an
enterprise distribution, you will already be comfortable with the tools.
Among the bleeding edge distributions, I recommend Fedora. Subjectively
I'm used to it and therefore am most comfortable there, but objectively
it is Red Hat that drives much of the Linux performance work, and
therefore Fedora receives more attention into making things work than
its competition.
However, a lot of convergent evolution has taken place, so whatever you
choose will not matter _a lot_. In the end, everyone runs the same
things except for the package managers.
On 12/07/2019 04.53, Ruslan Rusu wrote:
Hi here,
I'm a beginner in this space. As I read and learn was curious what is
the most friendly linux distribution
which is a good if you want to learn about how to track and observe
resource utilization. I searched this
list and did not find anything on this topic.
Googling around found a couple of commercial distributions RedHat,
Suse which have developer licenses
programs. The binaries under this program are the same as what runs in
enterprise license.
As professional what would you recommend if you had to start again ?
Appreciate it
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