Ubuntu for the servers
I have been using ubuntu for my desktops since late 2006, and have never moved back to windows. Unix, the operating system made when the hippies walked the earth is THE os, and all its derivatives are just too good. I love Linux, and bsd at times, and I just hate windows. Windows ia a big black mark on mankind. Atleast in the desktop world since most of the server world still rely on unix and its derivatives.
I did have a few windows servers, which I maintained for a few insufferable clients I had, and the rest of the clients were happy with the linux servers I had. I have been enthusiastic at managing my linux servers and I just hated working on my Windows servers.
Well, till April 2008, I thought CentOS was the best ever operating system for servers. It is simple, it is powerful, It is made from RedHat, and its free. Redhat comes with a $20 license fee per month.
CentOS is geared up for the server environment. Set it up, harden it, and you are ready to roll. And managing it through shell is never easier. But still I missed ubuntu on my server. Ubuntu has got its repositories, you could install debian packages on it, and you get to go with the cool factor. Whats your server’s OS? Its Ubuntu 
In 2007, I installed ubuntu 6.06 LTS on one of the idle servers I had. And I wasn’t really convinced. CentOS was really better. It supported cPanel for gods sake, and I felt that Drapper is really Draking. I never bothered to try out Hardy Heron untill Intrepid Ibex came out. And when I tried it, I was overwhelmed. What an OS!
It does a lot of things with ease that CentOS takes a lot of time to finish. For example setting up a firewall. I could never do it right, and I got my server hacked once.
The only problem now is that cPanel/WHM doesnt support ubuntu yet. They used to support debian, but they have withdrawn that now. God knows why. Maybe they don’t want to extend into ubuntu. Well, Ubuntu is supported now by Plesk, and I just hate plesk. They store sites under the /var/www/ folder which is the default apache folder and not at /home/user like cpanel. I hate this setting. And folder permissions and tweaking other settings are not as easy as doing it with cPanel. And bloody plesk charges $40 a month for its license while cPanel charges only 25.
I really hope that cPanel would start supporting ubuntu soon.
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