Greetings!
David Shoon-Yew Ng schrieb:
> Dear all,
> I have a question regarding Linux/UNIX in general. I am starting to learn
> UNIX/Linux but want to focus on one particular area. Which particular
> version is better - RedHat/Caldera/TurboLinux/Corel etc ... it seems there
> are so many versions that it might just be better running SUN Solaris 8
> (Proper UNIX)on Intel platform instead? Which particular version/type is
> used commercially nowadays (on Intel platform) and which is more popular in
> general for Servers/Server based application etc ... Please advise ...
This is a bit "the hard but thorough way", but I'd recommend Debin after you did the
first cautious steps with a more flashy version. While Debian's installer is not the
easiest to get used to, it has its advantages. Package dependencies are checked
thoroughly and updated automatically (if you want).
Software always is complete (including documentation) and set up to reasonable
defaults. The filesystem is nicely cleaned up (e.g. _really_ all config files are in
the /etc branch).
As for a productive system I'd recommend Debian as security patches come up fast
(e.g. the current BIND vulnerability is patched since Sunday afternoon) and the
package-system makes updates extremely easy ("apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade").
This works as well with complete system upgrades as with security patches.
While/because the packages are seldom the newest (feature) version on market you have
an extremely stable system due to thorough testing before publishing regardless
"release deadlines"
Bye
Volker
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DiSCON GmbH - Internet Solutions
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