On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:57 AM, nsk nsk@karastathis.org wrote:

I learn that you recently moved to an all-Ubuntu platform.

May I ask whether you compared Ubuntu with Debian and whether you considered Ubuntu better for your purposes than Debian? Exactly what weaknesses Debian has compared to Ubuntu for your purposes?

This conversation from some time ago in #wikimedia-tech might be of interest (irrelevant bits snipped).

080511 15:27:40 <domas> mark: it was up for >2 years 080511 15:27:47 <domas> rebooted with new kernel/libc 080511 15:28:35 <mark> fail 080511 15:28:38 <mark> you should reinstall with ubuntu 080511 15:35:42 <Simetrical> mark, why Ubuntu? 080511 15:35:47 <Simetrical> Just out of curiosity. 080511 15:37:03 <mark> becuase that's what we use for all new servers? :) 080511 15:39:18 <Simetrical> mark, well, yes. What made you decide on Ubuntu? 080511 15:39:28 <mark> it's debian but with predictable release cycles 080511 15:41:32 <jeronim> (everybody who cares and who has to use it wanted something debian-based for years; redhat/fedora was used before as an accident of history, basically) 080511 15:44:19 <mark> what jeronim says :) 080511 15:44:36 <mark> at some point ubuntu got all hyped and I saw an opportunity to get everyone convinced to use something debian based 080511 15:44:45 <mark> domas is the only one slightly revolting at times