There is no way Ubuntu is better than Debian. Maybe with ease of use... But anything else Debian is far more stable...
On 29 October 2009 at 2:35 pm Scribe said:
This is in no way a fair comparison as Ubuntu and Debian are desktops for "users", RHEL is an enterprise desktop and server OS, and CentOS is a great server distro, with again, a nice enterprise desktop. I add "enterprise desktop" to indicate a desktop that has little, if any, extras, where Ubuntu and Debian are loaded with them. I find Debian the better of the two as it's an OS you'll learn from: Ubuntu is for newbies and those who don't want to mess around with truly installing anything (therefore not really learning much). RHEL costs a BUNDLE, making it somewhat prohibitive for most users. CentOS is free and compatible with RHEL (5.4 as of this post). Have a great day, all!
On 13 November 2009 at 4:32 pm fd said:
ubuntu rocks. fedora and centos are junk compared to ubuntu. they are so dinosaur like. ubuntu is very to get started for non linux people. screw red hat, they suck donkey balls
On 21 November 2009 at 6:17 pm reality said:
Having toyed around with various Linux distro's, Opensuse has the best RPM version of Linux going. Debian is the better than Ubuntu if your willing to learn it.
On 27 November 2009 at 4:32 pm seal said:
Ubuntu is good for newbies. Much work went into making the jump to Linux painless, and it shows. That said, it is fairly bloated. CentOS is much leaner, and great as a server and a production desktop OS. It lacks the packages of Ubuntu, but makes up for it in its stability and security. Haven't tried Fedora in years, so I can't comment on it.
On 4 March 2010 at 3:06 am expert said:
5 years ago Debian better then Ubuntu, but now since Ubuntu 9.x, Ubuntu more better than Debian.
Ubuntu has fixed more bug in Debian for cloud server, raid, GUI and VPS implementation.
Debian rocks but when using it for GUI then you will find Ubuntu more stable.
Ubuntu has strong community and very professional support which hard to retrieve from Debian community.
On 7 March 2010 at 2:39 pm aaron said:
If we are bringing Ubuntu into the comparison, its probably better to being comparing Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS not desktop...
The Ubuntu server edition has a 5 year long-term support model similar to other distros. That being said, ubuntu seems to have many more packages available some of which are bleeding edge and required more informed user decisions before upgrades, etc. I think it really comes down to how you plan to use and what your user experience is. For example if you want a very stable database server (ex. Oracle RDBMS or MySQL) and come from an RHEL background, CentOS and RHEL probably make perfect sense. If you want the ability to quickly build, develop, and test out new packages (JSF, Media Servers, Latest FOSS packages), Ubuntu server makes sense. It really all comes back to your use case and background.
On 8 March 2010 at 3:55 pm jd said:
as one user said these can't be compared...rhel/centos are just in another league altogether... i run centos as desktop and server...if not then I'd be running slackware but since I actually *support* RHEL as part of my job it is good to know it. its all linux though..
ubuntu is for newbs, but it makes a great desktop os also.
On 15 February 2011 at 3:28 am Reza said:
I know that officially Oracle supports rhel for installation, I couldn't install Oracle on Ubuntu, so if you are looking to install Oracle consider that. For me Ubuntu seems like a good desktop. But for enterprise server seems CentOs good choice.
On 15 July 2011 at 3:38 pm linux123 said:
I have used both Ubuntu and CentOS. Ubuntu gives a more Windows/Mac OS X experience for Linux beginners. I CentOS, on the other hand, is geared more toward the server arena.
Main thing going for Ubuntu: Ease of Use
Main thing going for CentOS: Good as a Server
On 5 November 2011 at 7:18 am Anthony said:
In my opinion, there's no OS better than the other.
It depends of the taste, and requirements of the user. The recommended is to test all of them and pick the best for you.
CentOS is for servers and is based on Open Source code of RHEL, it's widely used on the Internet for web servers. It comes with many GUI applications to easy the life of server managers.
RHEL is similar to CentOS but it's not free, buying it you will also receive the Red Hat support. It's very used for critical systems\servers.
Debian is a multi purpose distro, it is very stable and can be used for servers and critical systems. It's stability is guaranteed by the community that tests the packages included with it. Because of the tests the packages may be old, but Debian offers newer packages from different repositories, in fact it has 3: unstable, testing, and stable, where stable is the most stable and is the default repository that Debian uses.
Ubuntu is based on Debian, it has a Desktop and a Server version, both were created to be more user friendly. Ubuntu uses the Debian unstable repository, so the users have access to newer packages but also probably not so stable as Debian's.
You should note that in the Free software community people are concerned about the use of free software only. In these 4 distros Ubuntu looks to be the less one. During install it asks the user if he/she wants to install some non free software.
Also people can be concerned with an BUSINESS behind the distro. In these 4, RHEL and Ubuntu have an business behind that "owns" it. Debian and CentOS are community distros, so there's no business involved.
There are hundreds of other distros to try, you should always read about it and know the differences to check if one is good for you. Check distrowatch for a comprehensive list of distros.
Also remember that GNU/Linux can be easily customized with different desktop managers, softwares, etc, so you can create your "own distro", for personal use.
Now my tastes: I prefer distros that don't have a business behind them, it's becouse there's no "good" business they all want money, and it don't look right in free software.
One example is Red Hat and the Fedora distro, Fedora is free and is maintained by community and Red Hat. What Red Hat does is use the free work power of the community to work on Fedora, creating packages, softwares, resolving bugs, etc, and then they just take an stable Fedora version make some changes and sell it as RHEL.
The same occurs not only with distros. Take a look on Google softwares, like Chrome... Hummmm. Why Google make Chrome Open Source? Because it's good for them, they will make more money this way, there will be people working for them for free. There's no friendly business Google is not different than Microsoft or Apple or Ford, or GE, or Sony... They all want more and more money. Think in it.
On 16 December 2011 at 12:17 am jack said:
What's the deal with Ubuntu being for newbies?? The desktop version of Ubuntu is geared more towards people who prefer an easier to use OS. Ubuntu Server is for sysadmins. I use both CentOS and Ubuntu server. I don't feel Ubuntu server is more for newbies...dont know where u guys pull that one from.
On 14 January 2012 at 6:35 pm dingdong said:
who wants to have anal rape with monkeys?
On 19 January 2012 at 10:25 am jon said:
XUbuntu is the best, hands down.
On 5 February 2012 at 4:09 pm HyperTeHK said:
Gentoo for ever, but for a faster install Centos or Debian would be best. Pick the one who is makes the most sence (RPM vs DEB).
Ubuntu and sort is just something to start with and throw away wenn you find a better linux distro
