Distributions such as CentOS (Community Enterprise OS) are designed to be deployed within large organizations using enterprise hardware. The needs of the enterprise are very different from the needs of the small business, hobbyist or home user. In order to ensure the availability of their services, enterprise users have higher requirements regarding the stability of their hard- and software. Therefore, enterprise Linux distributions tend to include older releases of the kernel and other software, which are known to work reliably. Often the distributions port important updates like security fixes back to these stable versions. In return, enterprise Linux distributions might lack support for the most recent consumer hardware and provide older versions of software packages. However, like consumer Linux distributions, enterprises tend to also choose mature hardware components and build their services on stable software versions.
Consumer Grade Linux
Distributions such as Ubuntu are more targeted for small business or home and hobbyist users. As such, they are also likely to be using the latest hardware found on consumer grade systems. These systems will need the latest drivers to make the most of the new hardware but the maturity of both the hardware and the drivers is unlikely to meet the needs of larger enterprises. For the consumer market, however, the latest kernel is exactly what is needed with the most modern drivers even if they are little under tested. The newer Linux kernels will have the latest drivers to support the very latest hardware that are likely to be in use. Especially with the development we see with Linux in the gaming market it is tremendously important that the latest drivers are available to these users.
Je sens du parti pris dans la sélection de distribution : Ubuntu peut être utilisé (et est utilisé) au même titre que Redhat/centos (et maintenant les alternatives à centos). Il n'y a aucune raison de restreindre ubuntu à des petites structures. Du coup .... je recommence à douter sur la pertinence de ce cours ...
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Je sens du parti pris dans la sélection de distribution : Ubuntu peut être utilisé (et est utilisé) au même titre que Redhat/centos (et maintenant les alternatives à centos). Il n'y a aucune raison de restreindre ubuntu à des petites structures. Du coup .... je recommence à douter sur la pertinence de ce cours ...