debian or ubuntu, packaged or openpackaged

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Quoting Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh at gcd.ie>:

> Hi,
>
> we're migrating an old kolab install and planning the new platform to run
> it on.
>
>  - We generally use Ubuntu LTS on all of our servers but do have a couple
>    of Debian servers too.
>  - We generally like to use Debian packages wherever possible for
>    ease of management, patching and upgrade.
>
> I've been trying out the native packaging for debian lenny.  It seems to
> mostly work but while I like the idea of it, I'm not sure it's in wide
> enough use yet for us to go with it compared to the openpackage route.
> This is for a fairly large number of users so I'd rather not take chances.
>
> If we're using debian packages, I'll go with debian rather than ubuntu.  If
> we were to use openpackage, is one preferred over the other?

If you want to run it in production your best choice is OpenPKG on a  
debian system. This is the most thoroughly tested Kolab server system.  
And when it comes to a groupware system in production this is what I  
consider the most critical point.

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gavin
>
>
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