From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Linux distro for new server?
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 00:54:13 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2013-01-03T00:54:13-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f998b6b-8ffa-491c-b251-8ef3bc595e2e@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <kc2k58$pd7$1@munin.nbi.dk>
W dniu czwartek, 3 stycznia 2013 01:42:13 UTC+1 użytkownik Randy Brukardt napisał:
> This is mostly off-topic, but as it will be used to compile and run Ada
> programs, it's not *completely* off-topic,
I have good experiences with minimal (clean) Debian installation plus individually pulled packages, but only those that are actually needed.
I believe that any clean installation of whatever Linux distro would work fine, but what makes Debian standing out is a set of Ada-oriented packages that are well maintained and consistent (thanks to Ludovic & co.).
If you already have an administrator that has his own personal preferences, I would let him decide (especially if there are many machines involved, which brings subjects like infrastructure monitoring, etc.), as this always guarantees higher motivation and work satisfaction - but if such issues are out of picture, then I would go for the consistency of a minimal Debian system.
My alternative choice would be a FreeBSD machine, but the risk of solving software configuration issues on your own would have to be taken under consideration - that is, the operating system itself is close to perfect, but due to smaller user base the user-level software around it might be less consistent than what you can get in Debian.
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Maciej Sobczak * http://www.msobczak.com * http://www.inspirel.com
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Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-03 0:42 Linux distro for new server? Randy Brukardt
2013-01-03 5:50 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-03 15:42 ` Tero Koskinen
2013-01-03 16:01 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-03 22:39 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-04 0:10 ` Brian Drummond
2013-01-04 11:42 ` Stephen Leake
2013-01-04 2:15 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-01-04 2:46 ` Bill Findlay
2013-01-04 2:51 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-01-04 2:53 ` Bill Findlay
2013-01-04 2:46 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-01-05 4:48 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-05 7:59 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2013-01-11 16:55 ` Björn Persson
2013-01-04 8:33 ` J-P. Rosen
2013-01-04 11:49 ` Stephen Leake
2013-01-04 12:28 ` Simon Clubley
2013-01-03 18:32 ` Pascal Obry
2013-01-04 14:48 ` Mart van de Wege
2013-01-03 8:54 ` Maciej Sobczak [this message]
2013-01-06 23:19 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-01-07 9:08 ` Maciej Sobczak
2013-01-07 19:41 ` Ludovic Brenta
2013-01-03 21:10 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-01-04 6:17 ` montezf
2013-01-05 4:59 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-01-05 16:22 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-01-08 2:49 ` Randy Brukardt
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