Wikipedia Switches to Ubuntu

      by Wyatt Walter

Probably one of the most popular research sites on the web is in the midst of a switch to one of the largest growing Linux distributions. Wikipedia will be completing its transition to Ubuntu LTS from a mix of RHEL and Fedora machines. Wikipedia is making the move in an effort to make management simple by switching to a standard platform. Biron Vibber, CTO, says that they originally started with Red Hat at the beginning and during one of their periods of high growth, they went from 15 servers to 200 in about 18 months. They cited cost reasons for not switching to an entirely Red Hat platform. The current fleet of 400 servers is said to be managed by only 5 IT staff, an impressive testament to the Linux platform.

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