[olug] linux

[Jon Larsen]

If you never plan to do any updates for security and such, stick with the 
ubuntu/opensuse/fedora recommendations.  They all do a update 
support cycle of generally a year past the current release.  You can 
always do major dist/os upgrades, but it depends how much down time do you 
want.

If you plan to keep your server up to date with security updates
longer than a year, choose CentOS or Ubuntu LTS.  CentOS puts out 
patches for 5~7 years past the initial release, and Ubuntu LTS is 5 
years for the Server version, well past the desired lifetime of a server 
assuming you replace a server every 4 years to keep up with current hardware.  

Current CentOS is 5.5 (look for 6 coming soon)
Current Ubuntu LTS is 10.04 (next version should be 12.04)

Jon L.

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, adam davis wrote:

> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: adam davis <radamdavis at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: [olug] linux
> 
> Helloooooooooooooo oluggers
> I am wondering what version of Linux would the easiest to use in a server environment?
> For a little FYI. I am trying to decide what would be a better for me. I would like to have a home server that i could mainly use for storing and synchronize files on. I have a chose between windows server 2008 and a Linux distro.
> 
> </Adam>
> 
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