[olug] SuSE or RHEL or Centos or Fedora or Xandros

[Terry]

I believe most linux distributions can be made production level.  It
all depends on the competence of the admin.  Support is a big thing in
the 'real world' where the people who sign the checks don't have a
clue nor care about the differences between Debian and Red Hat:
"If you were to get hit by a truck, what distribution is going to have
the smallest headache should we need to bring someone in to fill the
shoes temporarily."

I agree that anyone competent in linux can 'figure out' most linux
distributions well enough to fill shoes but 'figure out' isn't going
to win over the suits.


On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:15:40 -0500, Christopher Cashell <topher at zyp.org> wrote:
> At Thu, 09 Sep 04, Unidentified Flying Banana Vincent.Raffensberger at dtn.com, said:
> > Other than Xandros, it was a list of secure, production level systems.
> 
> I challenge anyone who's actually had real experience with Debian to try
> to tell me it isn't a "secure, production level system".  And installing
> it for a few hours doesn't count as real experience.
> 
> Personally, I can't think of any other distribution that even comes
> close for server use.  And please, don't anyone tell me that Debian
> isn't supported[1], or that it isn't used[2] much.
> 
> Production Debian server:
> 
> nexus:~$ uptime
>  08:59:55 up 423 days,  6:45,  16 users,  load average: 0.70, 0.59, 0.58
> 
> This machine was initially installed in 1998.  It has been upgraded in
> place multiple times since then (Debian upgrades don't require reboots).
> The only time it ever gets rebooted is for kernel upgrades.
> 
> I'd love to see you try that with most other distributions. ;-)
> 
> And when you consider the new installer program that is currently being
> tested for the next Debian release (expected within the next month or
> so), I expect Debian use to grow even faster.
> 
>  [1] http://www.hp.com/hps/linux/lx_debian.html
>  [2] http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/01/28/debian_fastest_growing_linux_distribution.html
> 
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> | Christopher
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> | Here I stand.  I can do no other.              |
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