Your favorite linux server distro
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Your favorite Linux Server Distro
- Select your favorite64 votes
- Ubuntu14.06%
- Debian53.13%
- RHEL/CentOS20.31%
- RancherOS0.00%
- Oracle Linux0.00%
- CloudLinux1.56%
- ArchLinux0.00%
- Other/Not Listed7.81%
- Linux wha..? BSD FTW!3.13%
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I learned on Debian and never ran into a situation that made me switch to a different distro.
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You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.
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Debian, tks.
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Centos thx
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
I've always wanted to try CentOS/RHEL, but their package system is too confusing for me. Every guide for installing software tells you to add some repositories, and each blog lists different ones! Coming from Debian I instinctively think it poses a security risk and is a maintenance hassle (what if some repository goes down?). Same applies to Ubuntu.
Sadly all "difference between debian and centos" blog posts I find are SEO text.
Ubuntu, For being out-of-the-box.
Windows NT 4.0
FTW!!!!!
Debian, thx.
Also Debian
Debian for most things, Ubuntu for a tiny number of things and CentOS only where WHM/cPanel is required.
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No surprise for the popularity of debian here. Stable and easy to use. Because I started my servers with Debian, I went for a Debian derivative for desktop.
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CentOS
General Debian
For small specs servers I like centos.
I started out with CentOS, then switched to Debian and never looked back.
Amitz, a very stable genius (it's true!) and Grand Rectumfier of the official LESLOS® (LES League of Shitposters).
Certified braindead since 1974 and still perfectly happy.
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Debian on the original XBox. Next favorite, Raspbian.
Yes, I did read the question.
Debian min. Install always.
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Has the Gentoo crowd moved to Arch?
Never heard of RancherOS, guess I stopped paying attention to DistroWatch ...
I tried Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. It could be great that Debian LTS last as long as CentOS, ten years.
If I am to pick only one distro, then it is Debian, plus ver jessie/buster. It was CentOS if I was asked last year.
Curious, what's your desktop distro?
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That's something.
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AmIRight ?
Ubuntu is not the only Debian based out of the box distro, bro...
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Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. A second derivative of Debian (using a calculus analogy).
I think Mint is the best out of the box solution that can rival Windows and Mac in terms of driver support and a great GUI. Some people have issues with them being ok with proprietary drivers and thus not entirely FOSS in spirit but seriously, if you need a highly useable daily driver, don't be so inflexible. Even newer hardware works like a charm in terms of automagically detecting drivers (my GTX 1070 Nvidia drivers were automatically installed from repo).
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Sometimes "automagical" means it's too different from my preferences. Would still be able to recommend for other people. (Not the same people that prefers a tiling WM ...) That's the beauty of FOSS and Linux/UNIX, options and easy to customize ...
On the desktop, i switched from Slackware to Mandrake/Mandriva to Ubuntu Hardy Heron, to Mint Felicia and onwards to current Mint. plus, of course trying various distros along the way. There's also LMDE for the debian thnx crew.
On a server it's either CentOS or debian depending on the software stack used/enforced.
Perhaps I should see what all the fuss is about with Ubuntu server.
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My main one is Debian, but unfortunately sometimes I need to use CentOs and currently I'm beginning to test Alpine.
alpine linux
Debian user here
CentOS mostly, Debian when application requires.