On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Hans Z <zaun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am having a debate in our office over whether to continue with CentOS >>> distro for use with our VM based servers (XEN) or switch to Ubuntu. I have >>> kept the belief that RedHat is better for servers while Ubuntu is preferred >>> on the desktop. I even have an Ubuntu desktop PC. Just wondered what all >>> of you think or recommend. Thanks. >>> >> >> I'm always in favor of CentOS. Nothing particularly against >> Ubuntu/Debian, but I just don't have any reason to switch to the >> > > Actually, I take this back - it sucks. I just had the honor of setting up > Ubuntu for a project... I had to Google to find out how to get a command > line prompt in it's UI, and then sort through the Amazon/MP3/etc > advertisements on the desktop it installed. Not to mention the 25% usage > when idle so that it could draw all the pretty pictures for ads. > > Sorry, just had to rant a bit :) >
You don't need to install the UI for a server. However, I agree entirely that since around 12.04/12.10 the Ubuntu desktop has become a bloated pile of crud. I especially disliked their "smart search" function which would go out and search the internet and display ads for stuff at the same time as it searched the local drive...all I wanted to do was find "Thunderbird" on the local system, I didn't need half a dozen ads for music relating to that keyword - and I certainly didn't need the performance drag! For desktop use, I switched to Linux Mint Mate. It is based on Ubuntu, but it replaces their CPU intensive "Unity" desktop environment with a modern version of "Gnome" which has a decent amount of eye candy without impacting performance. For those that really want the eye candy, Linux Mint Cinnamon gives you that and still performs better.
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