MustangV10 Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 There's quite a few different Linux distributions to choose from including CentOS, Ubuntu, Fedorda, Debian, etc. I use CentOS on my servers, simply because it's the distro that I started out with and I've enjoyed using it ever since. I don't know CentOS inside out, but I do know it relatively well, I'm incredibly used to how it works. Just the other day I logged in to a Ubuntu server and typed 'yum' as opposed to 'apt-get'. Quote
redinit Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I try to stay way from RPM based distros, I either go with Debian or FreeBSD for servers. I use Ubuntu on the desktop Quote
Marc Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I try to stay way from RPM based distros, I either go with Debian or FreeBSD for servers. I use Ubuntu on the desktop Why? Im curious as I am currently playing around with linux. Quote
Administrators Nathan Posted June 20, 2012 Administrators Posted June 20, 2012 I run CentOS on my servers and Ubuntu on my desktop 12.x I believe. Quote
redinit Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Why? Im curious as I am currently playing around with linux. Personal preference honestly, I've had a bad taste in my mouth of "RPM-hell" using Yellow Dog/Red Hat 5 or 6 years ago. I prefer Debian package management to RPM any day. Aside from that, Debian is a much more solid OS in my opinion, with a larger development team and a larger repository of software which are more fine tuned to the base OS than CentOS. When you use Linux for a few months you will know what I mean. The only other distribution that comes close is Gentoo in those regards. For servers I prefer BSD, for desktop I stick with Ubuntu and Gentoo. Quote
Victor Leigh Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 I used to have only Centos on my servers. Recently, I messed up something with an upgrade and I took the opportunity to re-assess the situation. According to what I have found out, Debian is not any worse than Centos. In fact, Debian has the advantage of being a truly open source operating system, as compared to Centos which is linked to RHEL, a commercial product. Besides I have already got Debian on my desktop. So I went ahead and re-installed Debian to run my server. So far so good. Actually it's quite a relieve not having to remember two sets of Linux commands. Quote
ridwan sameer Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Only USed Ubuntu and thoroughly Loved it Quote
Marc Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Actually it's quite a relieve not having to remember two sets of Linux commands. See that would be a big advantage to me. My head is already full of sh..............shoddy things I could do without holding in memory Quote
MustangV10 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Posted June 24, 2012 See that would be a big advantage to me. My head is already full of sh..............shoddy things I could do without holding in memory I know what you mean. I don't particularly like running Windows on my home PCs, however, I have all the applications I need and know how to use them. Moving my home PCs over to Linux, I'd have to find replacements for those apps and learn to use them, would be a complete nightmare. Maybe one day I'll put Linux on one of my PCs and use it for a few weeks and see how I get on. All my servers run Linux, so I have to know a reasonable amount about Linux and Windows. Quote
flotwig Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 I like to use Debian on servers, I started out with Debian and haven't looked back since. For Linux on the desktop, I like to use Fedora. It's pretty, fast, and just works. The different package managers confuse me sometimes, especially when I'm developing on one of my servers while booted into Fedora... Quote
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