On 2014-12-24 09:48, Stephen Partington wrote: > i like the Ubuntu release cycle a great deal. they have a long term > support release, and then incremental releases on a stability and then > feature swing each year. this to me is a great model.  > > The parts i did not like about red hat, even as a server, i spent more > time compiling applications than anything else and fiddling them all > into place. while educational its REALLY nice to have repositories > that do this for you. and yes there are a number of bundled > repositories you can bolt on to redhat/centos, but they never quire > gave me the breadth of access i ever needed so i was back to building > applications i wanted to use. in the end what i wanted to do was just > easier with debian, then ubuntu came up with a much more modern > installer and that was where i really became comfortable. easy to use, > and able to recognize 95% of all the hardware i have ever thrown at > it. and to top it off some of the easiest and complete chunks of > documentation and support.  > Compileing anything takes away from using something like RHEL in my opinion. > I guess what i am saying this is likely a similar path that allot of > people have taken, and this is giving ubuntu its real market share. > I would think so. > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 8:26 AM, James Dugger > wrote: > >> "Would be interesting to know why the migration." >> >> Others may disagree but (IMHO) RH's business model; i.e. long term >> support agreement, methods of patching and updating their repos and >> by extension all Distros that copy or rely in their model (CentOS) >> where not designed for "The Cloud" where VM instances are spun up or >> and destroyed minute by minute.  >> >> To be sure RH and others have moved to try and better position their >> products for this environment but this is one time when Canonical >> got their first, with a build and lifecycle that better fits the >> environment. >> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Keith Smith >> wrote: >> >> Would be interesting to know why the migration. >> >> On 2014-12-23 20:32, James Dugger wrote: >> > http://w3techs.com/blog/entry/debian_ubuntu_extend_the_dominance_in_the_linux_web_server_market_at_the_expense_of_red_hat_centos >> [1] >> [2]. >> >> Here is the reference. >> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Nathan England >> wrote: >> >> On 2014-12-23 16:43, James Dugger wrote: >> >> Just a note regarding Ubuntu. It is a server centric install.  >> It is >> replacing/outpacing RHEL CentOS and Debian on forward facing >> sites at >> a rate of 500 per day. >> >> Personally, I'm not a big fan of any of the debian versions >> including any of the *buntu flavors. But as systemd destroys more >> and more linux distributions, I am increasing leaning towards >> ubuntu. >> >> I would like to know where you get the 500 per day number from... >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] [1] > > -- > > James > > LINKEDIN [3] > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] > [2] > > http://w3techs.com/blog/entry/debian_ubuntu_extend_the_dominance_in_the_linux_web_server_market_at_the_expense_of_red_hat_centos > [1] > [3] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-h-dugger/15/64b/74a/ [3] > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] > > -- > Keith Smith > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] > > -- > > James > > LINKEDIN [3] > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] > > -- > > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] > http://w3techs.com/blog/entry/debian_ubuntu_extend_the_dominance_in_the_linux_web_server_market_at_the_expense_of_red_hat_centos > [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > [3] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-h-dugger/15/64b/74a/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss