[Chicago] Thoughts on Virtual Hosting

comicpilsen comicpilsen at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 15:45:54 EST 2016


as a complete novice in BOTH these areas I second Vasili's sage advice. Even I can
understand DO and using Ubuntu is a dream. Apt is really easy to use.

comicpilsen



On 12/15/2016 12:06 PM, Val Kolovos via Chicago wrote:
> FWIW - My $.02
>
> Digital Ocean - Pricing is roughly the same, but DO’s interface and documentation is
> better than Linode.
> Ubuntu - Personal preference here, so I don’t want to start a holy war, but I find apt
> easier to work with than yum and Ubuntu just generally easier to navigate. Also, we use
> Ubuntu for our apps.
>
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>> On Dec 15, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Aaron Elmquist <elmq0022 at umn.edu
>> <mailto:elmq0022 at umn.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> I am looking to spin up my first cloud sever for python development/hosting and was
>> wondering if anyone had any thoughts on:
>>
>>  1. Digital Ocean vs Linode
>>  2. CentOS (Red Hat) vs Ubuntu
>>
>> With admittedly limited experience, I don't see much difference separating Digital
>> Ocean and Linode.  I believe Chipy is hosted on Digital Ocean. 
>>
>>
>> For the second option, which OS is used in more professional shops.  I know Red Hat was
>> the enterprise king for many years, but I get the impression that Ubuntu Server may be
>> displacing it.  Are old school organizations still running Red Hat with startups moving
>> to Ubuntu? 
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
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