Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud

Re:Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud by tribaal on Friday August 28, 2015 @11:01AM (#10135785)

> However, if you are using it as a server of sorts, you really shouldn't use either of those distros.

You are saying around 60% of sysadmins using Amazon instances are wrong. The odds are not in your favour :)

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Re:Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud by Alupis on Friday August 28, 2015 @11:24AM (#10135927)

> You are saying around 60% of sysadmins using Amazon instances are wrong.

Yet, 100% of EC2 is built with RHEL/CentOS + Xen.[1][2]

Ubuntu was the default VM when they launched EC2, so most users naturally just used the default. But even in Amazon's eyes, when doing "serious" server work, reach for a purpose-built server distro -- not a jack-of-all-trades.

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-ec2-cloud-is-made-up-of-...

[2] http://bleikertz.com/blog/amazon_ec2_underlying_architecture...

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