Favorite Distro for Server Users

04-19-2007	#1 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	Favorite Distro for Server Users This poll/thread is meant to help those users that are having difficulty deciding which distribution(s) they should start with when looking for a good Linux server distribution. Please use it to post information about your favorite server oriented distro, but don't post comments saying that any particular distro is the best, because the best truly is very subjective. Note that this thread will be locked and/or deleted at the end of the year and a new thread started. __________________ oz New Members: * README *

04-19-2007	#2 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Debian and CentOS. voted for Debain coz most servers in my lab are on Debian. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

04-19-2007	#3 (permalink)
Zelmo Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Riverton, UT, USA Posts: 1,001	The Debian team are sticklers for security and reliability, which are top priorities for servers. __________________ Stand up and be counted as a Linux user!

04-19-2007	#4 (permalink)
Roxoff Trusted Penguin Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 2,836	You know, I was sat here thinking, "haven't we just done this?"... Maybe I'm wrong. __________________ Linux user #126863 - see http://counter.li.org/

04-19-2007	#5 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	Thanks for the link, Roxoff. I totally missed it, but that will give any new users looking at this thread and wondering which distro they should use a few more recommendations. __________________ oz New Members: * README *

04-19-2007	#6 (permalink)
tech_man Linux User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 385	Debian all the way. __________________ 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.' --Abraham Lincoln

04-19-2007

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flipjargendy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Roxoff

You know, I was sat here thinking, "haven't we just done this?"... Maybe I'm wrong.

i was wondering about that.

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04-19-2007

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harner

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Quote:

Originally Posted by flipjargendy

i was wondering about that.

Me too.

I prefer OpenSUSE. I'm used to it, it's easy to make things happen. YaST is awesome, and it has Novell's name on it. Just because Novell is in the picture isn't the sole reason to try it, I would recommend this to anyone.

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04-20-2007	#9 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,056	voted CentOS... I don't run any servers, but would most likely use CentOS if I did. __________________ oz New Members: * README *

04-20-2007	#10 (permalink)
bidi Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Hot Humid South Posts: 602	I already voted, but didn't have time to say anything before... My choice was Debian just because it's Debian. You really can't go wrong with APT! I also use it on my desktop, except that I use Stable on the NFS server (was actually using Etch before it came out, but it was already really stable at the time) and Testing on my desktop. __________________ "Today you are freer than ever to do what you want, provided you can pay for it!" --Bad Religion

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