Reasons I like Ubuntu: * A HUGE number of packages come standard; no dependency hell to get extra packages working * It Just Works * The six-monthly releases are a good balance between going mad with continual updates, and being frustrated with really old versions of programs
As for differences between the two; I use CentOS (RedHat clone) at work and Ubuntu at home. Mostly very similar to work with, just a few things that keep tripping me up when switching between one and the other.
Area
RedHat
Ubuntu
Package manager
yum, install with "yum install", configured in /etc/yum*, add repos in /etc/yum.repos.d
apt, install with "apt-get install", configured in /etc/apt/*, add repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.d
Apache
Config in /etc/httpd, restart with /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Config in /etc/apache2, restart with /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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* A HUGE number of packages come standard; no dependency hell to get extra packages working
* It Just Works
* The six-monthly releases are a good balance between going mad with continual updates, and being frustrated with really old versions of programs
As for differences between the two; I use CentOS (RedHat clone) at work and Ubuntu at home. Mostly very similar to work with, just a few things that keep tripping me up when switching between one and the other.