Ubuntu operating system?

[Walter]

I have seen some hosting providers who offers Ubuntu as operating system to chose. I wanted to know what are the pros and cons for this Operating system? Maybe the experts over here can give me some good examples for the VPS with the same for much more cheaper?

Thanks

[Andreas]

Ubuntu no doubt is a great Linux distros. Ubuntu can be considered to be a great OS for desktops.But it does not carry the same reputation when installed onto servers.CentOS is considered to be a better and much stable Linux distros on the server.
Though upgrades and backups are fairly simple with Ubuntu.One can find mixed reviews about Ubuntu on the servers.You need to know Linux pretty well to get the most out of Ubuntu installed onto the server.

[Carlo]

I have used ubunto for the desktop, i found it a very stable operating system.i am not sure whether it is better for Server. More other flavors of Linux are available for administration, may be you can try them out.

[Johan]

Ubuntu server edition is a pretty much popular distro for VPS's. It uses less memory than CentOS for common admin tasks and is popular on small servers. Its is also the fastest growing distro in the world so accordingly well documented online.

You may need to look at Debian as well, its popular for production boxes and its just a bit less-bleeding edge than Ubuntu with basically the same package management system.

[Hezekiah Omar]

Thats right,Ubuntu server edition has recently gained popularity among the users. Similar to CentOS,Ubuntu server edition offers similar stability and reliability when installed on the server.

[Howard]

There are pretty good number of advantages to Ubuntu over CentOS (for instance).

• You get very up to date packages compared to CentOS.
• You get WAY more packages than CentOS without having to adding 3rd party sources.
• To upgrade from one version to another, you don’t have to reinstall the OS, it's just one command.
• If using virtualization, you can use "python-vm-builder" to make a special "jeos" version of Ubuntu which is cut right down for use of virtual machines. It really work fast and efficiently.
• They provide integration into Amazon's cloud services, stuff like that. Can say, they are quite up to date.

Everything sounds to be great, but if we think from a hosting point of view...

• It doesn't support cPanel.
• People think it's the desktop version so it may take a long time to convince them.
• The packages are very up to date, stick with the Ubuntu LTS (long term support) versions if you want to keep it safe.
• Although it has been out for years, CentOS has been out for a lot longer. However, being based on Debian, you can keep faith on Ubuntu LTS editions especially as being very stable. Debian has been out from last 16 years.

I hope this answers the question a bit.

[Franklin]

I will not suggest you to use Ubuntu for server, it’s more meant for personal use. I would suggest CentOS for a server.

[chrisB]

All in all you will find it as a very stable operating system, however I guess there is absolutely no reason to choose it instead of CentOS.

You can blindly use Ubuntu for Desktop

[Kratos]

yes i have also ubuntu for desktop it is very stable and highly user friendly when compared to flavours of linux .its an cheaper option as chris said you can go for ubuntu for desktop without second thought

[Thomas]

Ubuntu is obviously a great Linux operating system for personal use but when it comes to server, CentOS is the Operating System one should consider as it has much more stability and reliability.