December 2018
Beginner
826 pages
22h 54m
English
Content preview from Linux Administration Cookbook
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Debian
As mentioned previously, Debian (the universal OS) is the basis for a lot of other distributions that came later, but it has consistently been one of the most popular, both on the desktop and on servers. It is still highly likely that you will choose to install Debian yourself, or will inherit a system running this distribution, with its reputation for stability.
Traditionally, the server-space war was fought between two camps, the Debian Druids and the CentOS Cardinals. In more recent years, newcomers have entered the fray (like Ubuntu,) but these two still hold a considerable amount of hardware to ransom.
Releasing every two or three years, the Debian versions are named after Toy Story characters (7—Wheezy, 8—Jessie, 9—Stretch). ...