Re: Re: Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Steve Wolfe wrote:

> > > 1) Distribution of Linux to have the largest number of "out of the box"
> > > security holes. Check back and look at the security reports. Count them
> if
> > > you insist.
> >
> > And check for the number of them being Red Hat specific.
>
> I consider things like the portmapper being enabled by default Red Hat
> specific.
>
> > > 3) So much extra crap running to begin with, eating up extra memory,
> cpu,
> > > etc.
> >
> > You're obviously unfamiliar with it.
>
> I don't know, I generaly turn off at least half of the services that are
> enabled by default, which free up quite a bit of memory.
>
> steve

Yup, which is my point. On a 30 server deployment, and tight schedules,
deploying Debian is much smoother, cleaner, more secure, and less "after
install" configuration to do.

It's like cooking a 3 course meal... then having to _bake a cake_ for
desert.

-Knight