No, Gentoo is not a variant of Debian. I also don't think there are variants that are for "hardcore" users more than others. If you're "hardcore", then you should be able to do things like write your own kernel modules and perform low-level disk operations no matter the distro.
I personally love Ubuntu on EC2. The ami/ec2 tools are in the repository by default, and are updated regularly. If you use the official AMIs from Canonical, then you'll get a setup that is optimized for EC2 without you having to do anything extra (for instance, "byobu" runs automatically when you connect via SSH). In the end, it all really depends on you. As Casey mentioned, you are probably better off with what you're already familiar with. After all, what good is the "best" OS if you're more familiar with the "good enough" OS? You'll be more productive with what you are comfortable managing. I'm familiar with many distros (certified in Red Hat & Solaris, and long time Gentoo user), but I go with Ubuntu on EC2 every time. Hope this helped. -- Joey "JoeLinux" Espinosa Software Developer http://about.me/joelinux On Nov 13, 2011 7:10 PM, "Casey Greene" <csgre...@princeton.edu> wrote: > I would suggest that you use whatever your sysadmin (or if no sysadmin, > developer (or if it's just you, you)) are most familiar with. I assume the > packages that you are using (at least the ones you've listed) will be in > the package management systems for any of the distros that you have listed. > > I'm also pretty sure that gentoo is not a variant of debian. > > Casey > > On 11/13/2011 03:58 PM, Charles Cossé wrote: > >> The main difference with Ubuntu is that it's a binary distribution >> (pre-compiled binaries for a standardized platform). I use Gentoo, >> personally, which is a variant of Debian with "portage" rather than >> "apt". LAMP server stuff is readily available on all distros of Linux. >> If you're hardcore then use Gentoo. If you're medium-core then use >> Debian. If you're softcore then use Ubuntu. If you like RedHat style >> more than Debian, then go CentOS. Whichever you choose, you'll >> immediately need to familiarize yourself with it's package manager and >> how things are done on that platform. good luck :-) >> >> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:56 PM, ydjango <neerash...@gmail.com >> <mailto:neerash...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I am setting up nginex, apache, python django, mysql based application >> on EC2. I expect high web traffic and high mysql query usage. Mysql >> and web server will on seperate servers. >> >> Which linux distro should I use for heavy production use - Ubuntu, >> Centos or Debian? >> >> Does it matter? >> >> I see most instructions on web is using Ubuntu and it seems it is >> considered easiest to set up. But I read somewhere that Ubuntu is not >> for server use. What is the downside if I chose ubuntu? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:django-users@**googlegroups.com<django-users@googlegroups.com> >> >. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> django-users+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> >> <mailto:django-users%**2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<django-users%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> **>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/**group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> >> . >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AsymptopiaSoftware|Software@**theLimit >> http://www.asymptopia.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> django-users+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/django-users?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
