Re: What Linux edition we should chose?

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What Linux edition we should chose?
Date: 2010-06-02 17:32:48
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Michal Szymanski <dyrex(at)poczta(dot)onet(dot)pl> writes:
> Hi,
> Currently we use Debian, but it chosen by our OS admnistrator. Now we
> can change our OS and it is question what Linux edition will be the
> best. We would like have access to new versions of Postgres as soon
> as possible, for Debian sometimes we had to wait many weeks for
> official packages.

I'd consider Debian to be a perfectly reasonable choice...

In order to conclude that something else is specifically superior,
you'd need to define some metrics that allow evaluating along the
lines that:

"A is better than B in areas X and Y.
B is better than A in area Z.

Because factor Z is really important to us, that means we prefer
distribution B."

Absent of evaluation criteria, you'll just see people saying "Oh, I
like {SomeThing} about my favorite distribution, and maybe you'd like
that too."
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