On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Or Debian. Not sure what would justify use of Ubuntu as a server,
> except wanting to have the exact same OS as their personal computers.
We have switched from Debian to Ubuntu: there is definitely non-zero
value in the PPA hosting (although it's rather terrible in many ways),
regular LTS releases (even if you choose not to use them right away,
and know they are somewhat buggy at times), and working with AWS and
Canonical as organizations (that, most importantly, can interact
directly without my own organization) on certain issues. For example,
this dog of a bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/+bug/929941
I also frequently take advantage of Debian unstable for backporting of
specific packages that are very important to me, so there's a lot of
value to me in Ubuntu being quite similar to Debian. In fact, even
though I say we 'switched', it's not as though we re-did some
entrenched systems from Debian to Ubuntu -- rather, we employ both
systems at the same time and I don't recall gnashing of teeth about
that, because they are very similar. Yet, there is a clear Ubuntu
preference for new systems made today and, to wit, I can't think of
anyone with more than the most mild preference for Debian. Conversely,
I'd say the preference for Ubuntu for the aforementioned reasons is
clear but moderate at most.
Also, there's the similarity to the lap/desktop environment. Often
cited with some derision, yet it does add a lot of value, even if
people run slightly newer Ubuntus on their non-production computer.
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fdr