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Why not Debian?? I mean if you're considering Ubuntu, why not try the original? I use Debian as my main development box for exactly the kind of work that you'r
by jonny_noog 18y ago
Why not Debian??
I mean if you're considering Ubuntu, why not try the original? I use Debian as my main development box for exactly the kind of work that you're thinking of doing and I love it.
With Debian you will learn more about Linux than you will running either RH or Ubuntu. And if anyone thinks the Ubuntu repositories are great... They should also try Debian.
- agentbleu 18y agoI use debian on a linode, with YC funded Virtualmin to handle the Control panel, I chose debain because VM has a simple install script for this distro. A wicked setup all round
- mediageek 18y agoThanks for the info. I thought ubuntu is built on debian. Also, redhat and ubuntu are the two linux versions that are being most widely used. So far, i have never tried debian, Let me try this time.
- jonny_noog 18y agoYeah, Debian if anything has always had a reputation of being a little more of a purists distro, which is well deserved. It has a large commitment to the ideals of free software, which is personified in the Debian Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines (http://www.debian.org/social_contract http://www.debian.org/social_contract). It has also had a reputation for being a harder distro to use... But I think this is nowhere near as true anymore as it used to be. It's also worthy to note that along with the various BSDs, Debian is one of the most widely used operating systems for web servers. It's very stable and very good, due mainly to the excellent policy that Debian maintains in relation to how packages move through their experimental, unstable, testing and stable branches. I will never use anything else as my main distro.