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Re: Why choose Debian on server

From Gary Dale <garyndp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Why choose Debian on server
Date 2019-01-03 05:50 +0100
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On 2019-01-02 5:51 a.m., Alessandro Baggi wrote:
> Hi list,
> I'm new to this list and I'm choosing the right distribution for 
> server needs. I hope that I'm not OT and don't want start a flame. I'm 
> evaluating the possibility to switch on debian so I hope you will give 
> your experiences about this topic.
>
> At the moment I'm using CentOS 7 on server and workstation but very 
> old software, add third repos for get some software, use unmaintained 
> software where patchs are released by dev distro team, big changes 
> between a current release and next release, big corporation piloted 
> distro, waiting that rh release a security patches and then recompiled 
> on centos, problem on new hardware, unable to install new software 
> from source due to old libs get me bored, and frustated in the last 
> year. I like flexibility and I noticed that centos chains my knowledge.
>
> Today seems that RH Family is the standard and rh is more supported by 
> software vendors. Considering 10 years of support, Selinux working out 
> of the box, stability, enteprise class and free distro..user choose 
> Centos with the perception that things work better because all is 
> "followed" by a corporation. With this assumption users feel more 
> secure and unfailing.
>
> This is not necessarely true. I think that is the sysadmin that make 
> things safer, secure and unfailing. Sure that a stable and reliable OS 
> take his part but when big blue take this game I'm not so sure about 
> centos future. What if someone will choose to drop centos project? 
> Maybe this is premature but from this "Why not choose a stable and 
> community piloted distro where user needs are first purpose?"
>
> I used Debian in the past on several server for a big company without 
> any problems but now are several years that I use centos on server and 
> workstation and today I lost my debian knowledge about stability on 
> server usage.
>
> Why you choose debian on server? Where for you it is better than 
> centos and other server distro?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Alessandro.
>
Because Debian doesn't come from a company, it can't go out of business 
or be taken over. And because Debian has lots of spinoffs, including 
distros that are in the commercial server market (e.g. Ubuntu), you can 
bet that everything runs on it and it runs on everything.

Debian is also very stable and very secure. While Red Hat may have a 
segment of the corporate market, I'll bet that there are more Debian 
servers than Red Hat. If you think Red Hat has the market cornered, you 
aren't looking at the full market.

Then there are things like the Raspberry Pi, which are used in a lot of 
specialized server-type tasks, that mainly use Debian. They can do a lot 
of things that are useful in a corporate environment that you wouldn't 
want to put on a real server.

I also use Debian on my desktop (I have for decades) so there is a good 
knowledge crossover. I don't need to learn and use two different kinds 
of systems.

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Why choose Debian on server Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 12:00 +0100
  Re: Why choose Debian on server Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-02 15:00 +0100
    Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 15:30 +0100
      Re: Why choose Debian on server Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-02 17:50 +0100
        Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 19:50 +0100
          Re: Why choose Debian on server Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-01-02 21:20 +0100
            Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 23:20 +0100
              Re: Why choose Debian on server Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-01-03 01:40 +0100
          Re: Why choose Debian on server Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-02 22:10 +0100
            Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 23:30 +0100
  Re: Why choose Debian on server David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2019-01-02 18:10 +0100
    Re: Why choose Debian on server Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-01-02 21:00 +0100
      Re: Why choose Debian on server Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 10:40 +0100
      Re: Why choose Debian on server Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-01-03 12:00 +0100
        Re: Why choose Debian on server Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2019-01-03 19:00 +0100
          Re: Why choose Debian on server Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> - 2019-01-04 19:00 +0100
            Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 21:00 +0100
    Re: Why choose Debian on server Alessandro Baggi <alessandro.baggi@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 10:40 +0100
  Re: Why choose Debian on server kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 04:00 +0100
  Re: Why choose Debian on server Gary Dale <garyndp@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 05:50 +0100
  Re: Why choose Debian on server Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2019-01-03 16:20 +0100
    Re: Why choose Debian on server steef <debian.linux@home.nl> - 2019-01-03 16:50 +0100
      Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 17:30 +0100
      Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-03 20:30 +0100
        Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 21:20 +0100
          Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 22:40 +0100
            Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-03 23:20 +0100
            Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 04:00 +0100
              Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 09:40 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 12:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 19:50 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 20:00 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 20:40 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 22:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 22:30 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 23:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 21:30 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-04 21:40 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 22:20 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 22:40 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-05 10:20 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-05 14:20 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-06 16:30 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-06 17:10 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-06 18:00 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-06 18:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-06 18:30 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-06 18:50 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-06 19:20 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-10 11:10 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-01-06 18:50 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-07 02:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-06 16:30 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-07 19:10 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-06 16:00 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-04 22:00 +0100
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                Re: Why choose Debian on server Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-01-04 22:20 +0100
                Re: Why choose Debian on server deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-04 22:50 +0100
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