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Does anybody actually use Ubuntu in production? I've forsaken it on the desktop (I got sick of my system breaking every 6 months, and having out of date package
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Does anybody actually use Ubuntu in production? I've forsaken it on the desktop (I got sick of my system breaking every 6 months, and having out of date packages), as have many others, but it's still quite popular there. On the server, though?
- bpicolo 10y agoUbuntu is an extremely commonly used server OS, if that's the question.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoReally? Huh.
- pmontra 10y agoReally, basically every server I see is either Ubuntu or Centos. Very few Debian. With containers is different, who packaged the container for a given service wins. Example: Elastic uses Debian for their docker images on docker hub. See also the results of this survey https://brashear.me/blog/2015/08/24/results-of-the-2015-slash-r-slash-linux-distribution-survey/ https://brashear.me/blog/2015/08/24/results-of-the-2015-slas... It begins to be old but this section is telling "Which Linux distribution do you primarily use on your server computers?" Distro #resp %resp prev year Ubuntu 633 34% 27% Debian 539 29% 31% CentOS 214 12% 15% ... Not a large poll but I didn't find anything better in a quick search on Google.
- pragmar 10y agoCentOS is in a tricky position with regard to ALPN/http2 support--there's absolutely nothing on the horizon. A continuing shift to Ubuntu in the webserver space is almost certain in the mid-term.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoHow many companies are moving to ALPN/http2? AFAIK, they're still pretty fringe.
- ufo 10y agoDoesn't that poll contradict your "very few Debian" statement?
- pmontra 10y agoIn part yes, but I'm a developer so I'm probably seeing those new Ubuntus that made Ubuntu overtake Debian. If I were an op I'll probably have a more balanced view. Furthermore the sample is relatively small and my own sample is at least 100x smaller.
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- bryanlarsen 10y agoAccording to the first line of the press release: "Ubuntu, the platform used in the majority of cloud deployments worldwide".
- vnglst 10y agoI always thought it's mostly used on the server. It's my go to dist on Digital Ocean for instance.
- rcarmo 10y agoBeen using Ubuntu LTS (NEVER the October releases) in production for years. As smooth as Debian for upgrading. If you're breaking your system every six months, that's probably because you're using the October releases instead of sticking to the April ones (which are usually the LTS ones and have fewer experimental packages). My rule of thumb is to only set up October releases for playing around and getting a feel for what's coming down the pipe, and NEVER use them for production. Only the .04 ones.
- gcp 10y agoApril (x.04) releases on even years are LTS. Not the odd ones.
- rcarmo 10y agoI did say "usually". It's not as if I go about upgrading servers every season, that would be insane. Oh, wait, this is the MEAN stack age :)
- StavrosK 10y agoI use the latest version (a month or two after release) on my personal computers and the latest LTS on all my servers, and it's been very good so far.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoReally? when I tried that, I had to reinstall every six months or it would stop working.
- StavrosK 10y agoReally? Hmm, I've been upgrading the same installation since 10.04 or something, it's been working well. However, I did create a list of scripts at some point to make reinstallation a one-command affair: https://www.stavros.io/posts/provisioning-your-computer-one-command-awesome/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/provisioning-your-computer-one-...
- toss1941 10y agoI've seen it used in a big financial firm that processes card-holder data, but they were phasing it out in favor of Redhat. Still, Ubuntu is a solid choice for servers I believe, it seems to have fallen out of favor in some places though. Second your desktop comment, Unity is unusable for me.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoOkay. Yeah, it wasn't even Unity. I prefer i3 anyways. It's more that I like the bleeding edge (I need it for a lot of stuff), and I hate having to re-install every six months.
- idobai 10y agoWhy do you reinstall it in every six months? It should be reinstalled - or just "upgraded" after every two years - you just need to stick to the LTS versions. Ubuntu as a distro gets better support as a desktop OS and it integrates with more DEs better than other distros. Also, unity is one of the most stables DEs with compositors while having an excellent graphical performance(compared to most DEs of course).
- chrisper 10y agoI am using it on the server because of LXD. On the desktop, however, I use Debian Testing instead. I am waiting for the day when I can use LXD on Debian out of the box.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoI've used Linux for a very long time. Started with Slackware on floppies. Used Red Hat and derivatives for a long time, including at some large companies. Nowadays I'm mostly with small, early stage companies in the Silicon Valley. From what I've seen in this environment, the OS of choice in production (cloud instances) is almost overwhelmingly Ubuntu.
- mark_l_watson 10y agoI started out by downloading a very minimal Slackware distro on a 2400baud dial up Internet connection. A few months later I bought Slackware (full) on about 50 floppies - I felt like a rich man having all of Slackware available. Good times.
- dtemp 10y agoFor what it's worth, I've had server installs that were upgraded 10.04 > 12.04 > 14.04 > 16.04 and they're fine.