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For a complete beginner into server management, who is looking into setting up some servers in the near future, why should I not use Ubuntu for server? And use
by slyv 14y ago
For a complete beginner into server management, who is looking into setting up some servers in the near future, why should I not use Ubuntu for server? And use CentOS instead? Is there a solid reason for this?
- cmccabe 14y agoUbuntu is focused on trying to be easy to use, and so it does things like make the bootloader difficult to access, package a huge amount of stuff by default, and include relaxed security. In fact, the default configuration for Ubuntu is not even to have a password for root, but just to give unlimited access to the main user via sudo. At the same time, Canonical (makers of Ubuntu) are not very interested in the server, at least compared to Red Hat and SuSE. So you get big regressions in server-related functionality like the one described in this article. Things not to use on a server: Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo Things to use on a server: CentOS, RHEL, SuSE, possibly Debian, any of the BSDs.
- donniezazen 14y agohttp://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1072 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1072