On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Chris Ernst <cernst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've seen the opinion of "avoid Ubuntu like the plague" expressed many > times, but it is never followed up with any solid reasoning. Can you (or > anyone else) give specific details on exactly why you believe Ubuntu should > be avoided? I switched from Ubuntu to Debian a while ago, mainly on account of the desktop environment, but moving servers as well for consistency. Ubuntu has its advantages. At the moment, I'm half way through patching a Debian system to the latest kernel and a recent Upstart (rather than sysvinit), but Ubuntu already comes with a fairly recent kernel and Upstart is the default. So far, I haven't seen any particular reason to detest Ubuntu or Debian. Both of them quite happily run everything I want, although once it's been a year or two since the OS release, there's a strong tendency to build stuff from source rather than rely on the aptitude repositories - the repos lag a bit. But I'm okay with that. Maybe it's an issue for other situations, though, in which case it's a recommendation for Ubuntu probably. In terms of PostgreSQL, I've always been using the OpenSCG package, and have had no problems whatsoever (9.1). ChrisA -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
