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Red Hat vs. SUSE
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Assuming you're going to run Apache, PHP/PERL/Python, MySQL/PostgresSQL you're find either way.
If you're going to get in the Java services or something more "exotic" then you might find that one or the other has some finer points.
Basic OSs that can deliver excellent basic services.
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If you're going to get in the Java services or something more "exotic" then you might find that one or the other has some finer points.
Basic OSs that can deliver excellent basic services.
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bwilliam13
IS-IT--Management
Red Hat. Just make sure and turn all unused services off...or even better, remove them from the system before you put it on the 'net.
Red Hat....but as suggested, lock it down before you put it out there. I recommend the benchmark for Red Hat from
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They are not operating systems: They are linux distributions.
I'd go with SuSE. Red Hat pulls some braindead code
changes. They changed the unicode support in their
last release and it broke python and tcl(programming
languages) and caused a sh!t load of other problems.
I'd go with SuSE. Red Hat pulls some braindead code
changes. They changed the unicode support in their
last release and it broke python and tcl(programming
languages) and caused a sh!t load of other problems.
bwilliam13
IS-IT--Management
They are not operating systems: They are linux distributions.
I'd go with SuSE. Red Hat pulls some braindead code
changes. They changed the unicode support in their
last release and it broke python and tcl(programming
languages) and caused a sh!t load of other problems."
How would that affect a server dedicated to a few processes? If it's a server, you shouldn't be running anything that I can think of that would need Python...
I'd go with SuSE. Red Hat pulls some braindead code
changes. They changed the unicode support in their
last release and it broke python and tcl(programming
languages) and caused a sh!t load of other problems."
How would that affect a server dedicated to a few processes? If it's a server, you shouldn't be running anything that I can think of that would need Python...
Do a search of comp.lang.tcl for the words "unicode redhat"
and find the post from 2003 regarding kernel changes and
type mods. This is heavyhanded stuff and though SuSE is
guilty of some of the same they are far more res-
ponsible and responsive IMHO.
This combined with the move to 'enterprise' solutions
and the really inferior Fedora stuff they threw out as
a sop, makes me want to stay away from them if I have
a choice.
As an interesting aside SuSE is now owned by Novell
which gives them a really exciting aspect since
Novell has always been famous for their commitment
to quality and innovation.
As for anyone saying that you 'don't need..' this
and that on a dedicated server..well, it must be nice
to know exactly what best practice is in every
situation, but I don't buy it. Anyone using pyzor
or zope want to uninstall python
and find the post from 2003 regarding kernel changes and
type mods. This is heavyhanded stuff and though SuSE is
guilty of some of the same they are far more res-
ponsible and responsive IMHO.
This combined with the move to 'enterprise' solutions
and the really inferior Fedora stuff they threw out as
a sop, makes me want to stay away from them if I have
a choice.
As an interesting aside SuSE is now owned by Novell
which gives them a really exciting aspect since
Novell has always been famous for their commitment
to quality and innovation.
As for anyone saying that you 'don't need..' this
and that on a dedicated server..well, it must be nice
to know exactly what best practice is in every
situation, but I don't buy it. Anyone using pyzor
or zope want to uninstall python
I work in a shop where we run Red Hat Advanced server 2.1 and 3 and Suse 8,9.1 and on z390 partitions. Personally, for ease of administration, I like Suse. Yast has some nice features and keeps all of the admin tasks in one central place. Also, it seems to me that there's alot more overhead with RH. Basically though, I'd say it's a matter of preference.
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