On 8/30/06, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It would most likely depend on what apps you're going to use the server for. Stuff like mail, dns/dhcp, samba, LAMP, and such, Ubuntu is as suitable as most popular distros out there. It will boil down to where you're confortable with.
That's just it, see I'm (actually, we're) going to be writing something from scratch which will be hosted in an OS of my choice. The OS of my choice is Linux (with the rich kernel API, and predicatble resource management and scheduling subsystem), but then I'm thinking about the Linux distributions on which I should put it in. I'm leaning towards the Debian stable branch, because it has the most "stable" and tested (though a bit dated) libraries and compilers. It also has the best community support, and can be supported by a lot of local experts here in the Philippines. OTOH, RHEL and SuSE have the best commercial support that money can buy from the Linux arena (maybe Mandriva has it too, but I generally don't like the bloatedness their distro offers even on a base install) coupled with the certifications (that they work on certain hardware and certain software works right on their platforms), they seem like the best "cover my *ss" choice. With Ubuntu, I still don't feel comfortable (yes, that's the right word) with giving it my trust and sleeping well at night. There's this nagging feeling of doubt and uncertainty (call it FUD) which is a real concern when it comes to deploying solutions where your business and livelihood is on the line. -- Dean Michael C. Berris C/C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs http://3w-agility.blogspot.com/ http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ Mobile: +639287291459 Email: dean [at] orangeandbronze [dot] com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
