[aclug-L] Re: Why Debian?

[John Reinke <jmreinke@xxxxxxxxx>]

While Redhat seems to be more bleeding edge, and generally seems to be more
up-to-date (from what I undestand), Debian tests and retests before
offering a new release. I just read today (on Slashdot) that a default
installation of the newest release of Redhat (7) will crash after about
three weeks because it leaks file descriptors, and eventually uses up the
hard disk. Redhat is providing a fix, but because Debian tests so much for
so long, that's something I seriously doubt would EVER happen with Debian.
That article only provides a story, not a well-written argument for or
against Redhat, but I think items like that are important to point out to
people making that decision.

http://slashdot.org/articles/00/10/11/1341237.shtml

Good luck,
John

>I work for Boeing, who have been rather slow to adopt Linux in any offical
>way, and rather annoyed at any unofficial uses.  The central lan group
>(NT) is having trouble load-testing their new NT servers with NT and are
>wanting to try a Linux solution.
>
>Problem is, they've chosen Red Hat because it has the most
>name-recognition and it's easy to install.  I've always run Debian because
>it's supposedly the most stable and all.  I've not had a lick of trouble
>with it (except for apt uninstalling telnet during the upgrade from 2.0 to
>2.1).  The thing is, the NT guys don't know much about Linux (at least the
>ones using it that I'm working with) and they're going to come to me (HP
>Unix admin) for help.  *And* I could have a strong influence on Boeing
>Wichita's choice of distro.  I've heard that Red Hat is generally buggy
>and I know that Debian has well-established and well-run stable-release
>process.
>
>My question is: Can anyone point me to well-written arguments for or
>against particular distros in a Unix-savvy, availability-critical
>environment?  My personal experience points to Debian, but I'd like to
>have some more info to back it up.
>
>Thanks!
>
>--
>Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
>I've got a chainsaw... what could go wrong?
>
>
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