I would say CentOS... ;) Stable, compatible and quick on patching critical stuff.. I have never trusted Ubuntu on my servers maybe its because of the great with desktops etc..
Never been a fan of debian.. On Jan 30, 2010, at 15:45, "Peter Keel" <[email protected]> wrote: > * on the Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 01:36:52PM +0100, Per Jessen wrote: >> AFAICT from that list, you'd be fine on openSUSE too. Still, nothing >> wrong with untar+config+make :-) > > Yes, very wrong. Maintainability goes trough the floor. Or are you > sure > not to miss a security-relevant update in an insignificant program > like > tar? Or any other program or library which might be a dependancy of > the > software you're compiling? > > And if you're compiling yourself, because the package in the > distribution > is too outdated, make packages, and name them after the same scheme > as the > distribution. That way your package might be upgraded automatically > if the > distribution ships a newer one. > > Cheers > Seegras > -- > "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin > "It's also true that those who would give up privacy for security are > likely to end up with neither." -- Bruce Schneier > > > _______________________________________________ > swinog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog _______________________________________________ swinog mailing list [email protected] http://lists.swinog.ch/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swinog

