On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Anirudh Parui <anika20...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Friends, > > > > The comparison between Linux Distros is a big matter of discussion. > > And when it comes to finding out what is the best everyone has his own > > point of view. > > Well i found this link which does a good comparison in all domains and > > want to share with you all. > > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/best-distro-2011 > > > > And Well Debian wins over all the Distros :) > > It also gets the origin of Linux as an operating system wrong. (The > core GNU application swuite, of the compiler, compilation tools, core > libraries, and core system utilities came first, not the kernel: the > kernel simply completed the suite and led to the newly published OS's > being called "Linux".) And it completely ignores the commercially > supported Linux distributions, such as RHEL, OEL, and the (recently > defunct) commercial SuSE. So while patting oneself on the back for the > popularity of your favorite distro, take it with a grain of salt. > > Two other aspects it misses are measurements of time taken to get a service-crippling bug report addressed, and time taken to patch a zero day exploit. These aspects are critical to know when choosing an OS for production systems. I agree they should have compared to commercial Linux varieties as well. In addition, hardware compatibility for stuff you don't have in a desktop system should be a consideration. Who supports that recently released SAS RAID card from Dell, or installing to an iSCSI device on the NAS? Some info for people who are running data centre equipment, not just hobby boxes. Redhat could be the winner here, but I'd be curious to see if Debian is catching up in this category. In my recent experience with identical bugs in Redhat and Debian, and comparing the security update to address the ssh exploit from fall 2010, Debian beats Redhat in rapid response. Another strange category, which could be useful for those of us forced to use old hardware, is how well does the latest distro handle installation on older stuff like IBM xSeries? Many people might assume this is supported but you'd be surprised.
