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Which distro do you prefer for the server?

SuSE
7
9%
Red Hat/Fedora
29
37%
Debian
18
23%
Slackware
6
8%
Gentoo
7
9%
Not Linux, a BSD
6
8%
Other
6
8%
 
Total votes: 79

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Post by jason »

Just to keep it fair, this is the server side of the vote. Which distro do you prefer for the server?
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Post by TheDeath2k4 »

although i have only used Mandrake 9.1 and Redhat 9, i have to say rh9 was over all better
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gentoo is good according to my view (highly customize able distro, as suse)
also favor for red hat /mandrake
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Post by Fëanor »

Debian. It is by far the most stable and secure Linux distro, also very easily updatable. It is mantained by the community not by an organization, thus it is really open source and absolutely free. Also that jigdo is a _very_ nice thing. The documentation is vast and precise at the same time, also translated to many languages. Well that's enough, go for it...

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Post by padrinoent »

RedHat, but the Enterprise 2.1 AS to make a really good Cluster....
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SLACKWARE
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Post by nightcap »

Red Hat has a wide user base.
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Post by Pyrite »

So does Microsoft Windows, does that make it good?
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lol, touché.
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Post by Breckenridge »

BSD rules, but if you would rather use linux i say redhat
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Gentoo or Debian

Post by d00msdaypr0phet »

Its a toss up....Gentoo or Debian. I guess it all depends on the time you have.
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Post by outlaw »

Pyrite wrote:So does Microsoft Windows, does that make it good?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH :lol:
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Post by Skara »

Pyrite wrote:So does Microsoft Windows, does that make it good?
rofl.

I run Fedora on my server, but that's because I was too lazy to download slackware or debian. :P
I've heard BSD is better, though. *shrugs*
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Post by jayloo »

I've used slack but found myself trying to get drivers/software to work more than using the system for its intended purpose.

I currently own 3 FC3 servers for my site and I run FC3 on my laptop and a pc at home for development.

Why? Fedora has a large user base and it is much easier to get answers when it matters. Also you have to just love yum for some updates.
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Post by dashwood75 »

Fedora Core 4 for me...as you say a good user base and lots of help out there..
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