Dustin Puryear wrote:
> Well, the conversation started with an Ubuntu vs. Debian slant, so I
> assumed desktop because of the Ubuntu mention. Sure, you can use it
> for a server, but frankly I haven't really seen it mentioned as being
> used for anything but a desktop Linux. (Although Ubuntu's marketing
> literature would beg to differ.)
>
I'm using ubuntu server edition at one site. Not much different from
using vanilla Debian in the same capacity.
> That said, Ubuntu could be the greatest Linux server distro in the
> world, but I wouldn't know since I haven't tried it. ;-)
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> Thursday, December 7, 2006, 1:44:44 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>> On 12/6/06, Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Debian does have a rather painfully slow release cycle.
>>>
>
>
>
>
>> I actually find that a plus in a world where I maintain many dozens of
>> systems. I would rather patch a system to current patches on a three year
>> old release than have a release no longer officicially maintained after 12
>> months (fedora). Desktops aside, slow release cycles are not a bad thing.
>> Another reason I love my Sun Solaris systems... years and years and years of
>> patches & official support.
>>
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