Calling all Linux users!

[qdtjni]

Jan 24, 2017 9:30:57 GMT -5 copperpipe said:

Jan 24, 2017 8:07:59 GMT -5 qdtjni said:

For corporate servers RedHat and derivates such as Oracle Linux is better IMVHO.

Possibly; it's all the same software running in different distro's, so at that point it's a matter of what differentiates each distro. This comes down to (mainly) packaging system, any possible kernel tweaks, general stability (rolling releases vs stable releases), and long term support (can you call someone, how long (years) do they release updates for the software, but also community support in online forums etc).

I never call anyone anyway, so that basically removes the only advantage of Redhat. Other than Java (which was developed long before Oracle), I won't touch anything from Oracle with a 10 foot barge pole.

I many corporate environments existing support is legal or regulatory compliancy requirement, hence RedHat is better.

Oracle do have crazy pricing and licensing but they still makes the best RDBMS engine and VirtualBox is quite good and free as well as some of the other stuff acquired over the years that are not half bad.
For private use, who needs them?