On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:50 AM, Craig White craigwhite@azapple.com wrote:
Like RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu LTS is absolutely appropriate for server use. In fact, it's sort of refreshing to set up a new server that isn't overloaded with bloat from the very start. Setting up a new VMWare image w/ Ubuntu Server takes at most 10 minutes whereas doing the same w/ CentOS 5 takes almost an hour (easier just to clone my base install copy kept for just that purpose).
I actually use Fedora for my Desktop. It dual boots to Ubuntu but I don't often use it. The only reason that I ever saw people using Fedora for production was because the RHEL/CentOS software packages were so completely out-of-date.
Both CentOS and Ubuntu server installs take as long for me. Are you comparing similar levels of install?!
(I think that your reply about Fedora is about a post where two people are shocked that I'm supporting Fedora in production. In that particular company, it's just a loyalty and familiarity issue, although I'm sure that if I migrated to CentOS, for example, the DBA'd wine about versions and what have you. Also, I've found server installs of the latest versions of Fedora and Ubuntu stable; it's when you add X and a DE that you can end up with issues.)