I am about to set up a cloud instance with linux operating system, and the common choice here normally would be ubuntu. But since they failed their newest release, and I have the option of going fedora or debian. What would you guys recommend for server?

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    7·
    14 小时前

    Rhel if you are using professionally. Their enterprise support staff are wizards when it comes to finding the cause of random issues.

  • SpicySquid@lemmy.ml
    26·
    19 小时前

    Best fit is always dependent on how you’re planning to use it. Find out what your requirements before you set up a server.

    Generally Debian is chosen very often, but I’d wager pretty much any distro will do. Your own experience goes a long way in making a distro a good choice.

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    13 小时前

    Depends on what you mean by professional and your needs.

    Debian (stable) is rock solid but (because) slow changing, if your application is slow (or not) changing it’s probably the better choice, but if you need new things before it’s ready for a new version it’ll be pain. It’s the professional sysad’s choice because they’ll likely not have to do anything.

    Fedora is faster moving (think cutting edge, not bleeding edge (e.g. Arch) as opposed to Debian’s blunt safety) so if you’re in active development it’s likely a better choice. It is also sort of the testing arm for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is the quintessential professional Distro, so you’ll learn some of that along the way.

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        4 小时前

        Debian it is then, it comes in stabe, testing and sid (who breaks his toys) also called unstable variants. Unsurprisingly, you’ll be wanting stable.

    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      23·
      11 小时前

      if you need new things before it’s ready for a new version it’ll be pain

      Like what?

      Also if you need something before Debian is ready for it… you’re weird. I don’t mean this in a derogatory fashion, solely that you are doing something our of the ordinary. Consequently you should first question WHY you do that in the first place.

      Finally if you do need something very specific, containers are there to … contain that. Running Debian as the host distribution doesn’t mean you’re limited to it for your applications, servers included.

      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        12 小时前

        Valid point re containers, but OP has a wanting bare metal feel IMO. I like and use both, horses for courses, just giving some context.

        • utopiah@lemmy.ml
          1·
          11 小时前

          wanting bare metal feel IMO

          Not sure what that means. Typically I would also question people who think containers are “expensive” in the sense of wasting resources. IMHO it’s a great compromise to have very weird services while the server itself is very stable.

  • tirateimas@lemmy.pt
    15·
    17 小时前

    Debian would be the most obvious choice. Perhaps Alma is also a good option. If you would like a european option, OpenSUSE leap can also do the job.

  • placebo@piefed.zipEnglish
    9·
    17 小时前

    Professional as in an organisation? You should probably start by gathering functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholders.

  • HumbleBragger@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    15 小时前

    I’d go with Debian but it’s just a personal preference. I had some difficult to set up a samba server the other day in one of my laptops that was running fedora because of firewall configs that I don’t use in Debian like adding context or something. Besides that, I kinda think dnf is better than apt in some ways but still use Debian on my home server. I just works