On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 8:52 PM, ydjango <neerash...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was concerned that Ubuntu being a desktop OS might have some > limitations which CENTOS or Debian being Server OS might not have.
AFAICT, there are very few differences between 'server' and 'desktop' distros: - server distros don't have desktop environments (X, Gnome, KDE, etc). or rather, they shouldn't have. that's what i don't like about RHEL, they not only use Gnome tools for everything, but many of the docs only include the GUI way to configure, not the CLI way. - server distros are supported for longer times without version upgrades of most components. that makes for safe and 'no suprises' updates, that include only bugfixes but no new features. - small priority differences in optimizations and kernel configuration. like using different schedulers, swappinnes, LVS, bigmem (now rendered moot by 64-bit) For the first one, you could simply start in runlevel 3 for most distros, and X wouldn't be started, avoiding the desktop overhead. Ubuntu Server simply lets you install without X by default. Roughly every fourth release is called 'LTS', meaning that it will get long term support via apt. The last one is simply configurations, so it's doable on any Linux out there; but it's nicer to have a good enough default. In short, Ubuntu server is just as 'server-like' as CentOS, or even more if you (like me) want it to be free of X. (yes, i know you can install RHEL and CentOS without X, but it's not the default) -- Javier -- 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.
