Re:Ask HN: Should I choose Sun Solaris or Linux?
by andrewcooke on Thursday August 19, 2010 @07:41PM
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Why can't you deploy whatever you've been developing and testing on? That would make most sense to me.
For me, that would mean OpenSuse, but that seems to be a minority choice these days.
Anyway, I would advise against OpenSolaris after Oracle (paid for Solaris might be OK) - see the recent leaked emails etc. When I use CentOs I am always frustrated that they are using such old software versions (Python 2.4!), but that may just be the clients I have. For stability and security a BSD is not a bad idea, but again check for versions of the software you need.
For me, that would mean OpenSuse, but that seems to be a minority choice these days.
Anyway, I would advise against OpenSolaris after Oracle (paid for Solaris might be OK) - see the recent leaked emails etc. When I use CentOs I am always frustrated that they are using such old software versions (Python 2.4!), but that may just be the clients I have. For stability and security a BSD is not a bad idea, but again check for versions of the software you need.