On 01/02/2019 12:00 PM, 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.
Be careful with that. I've seen aptitude crash with SIGILL on an older box used as fileserver.
