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Re: OS suggestions
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Dick Davies wrote:
> * Edward de Jongh <Edwardd@discovery.co.za> [1143 11:43]:
> > Hi all I've been doing a POC OpenLDAP implementation in a dev environment
> > using Debian as the OS. I know this is a very difficult question to answer
> > as it is largely opinion based, but here goes. I want to know what you guys
> > would recommend as the best/most bug free/easiest to maintain *nix distro as
> > well as backend is? In other words what will be the most user friendly?
> >
> > Any comments and or suggestions are appreciated as I am about to start a
> > fully replicated environment setup and would obviously like it to go as
> > smooth as possible.
>
> I expect you're about to be told this is OT, but for my money I'd go for
> FreeBSD, just because of its packaging system (portupgrade).
> Also it's as fast as $EXPLETIVE, and the port maintainer keeps the openldap
> ports up to date.
>
> Debian apt should be ok though too (make sure you avoid redhat though, we
> have a lot of them at work and they are a major pain in the arse to maintain).
>
> --
> Ugh, it's like there's a party in my mouth and everyone's throwing up. - Fry
> Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
>
I too, suggest freebsd. Its very easy to install, lock down, and
maintain. The ports collection is great. BSD's are ranked the most
secure operating systems.
http://www.mi2g.net/cgi/mi2g/press/190204_2.php
Many big providers use it.
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/06/07/nearly_25_million_active_sites_running_freebsd.html
http://uptime.netcraft.com/perf/reports/Hosters?orderby=os_name
Including yahoo.com
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.yahoo.com