Ask YC: Best Linux distro to deploy as a Server

Re:Ask YC: Best Linux distro to deploy as a Server by elad on Friday May 23, 2008 @07:14AM (#197914)

CentOS works well for us. I like the idea of having a free version of a commercial distro (RHEL).

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Re:Ask YC: Best Linux distro to deploy as a Server by icey on Friday May 23, 2008 @12:11PM (#198133)

For our internal projects, we use CentOS. Externally we use a mixture of CentOS, FreeBSD boxes and one OpenBSD box.

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Re:Ask YC: Best Linux distro to deploy as a Server by sabat on Friday May 23, 2008 @09:49AM (#198010)

I agree, with experience in this area (a lot of it): CentOS. Others are saying *BSD or Ubuntu or whatnot -- IMHO that's all because of politics or because of personal preference.

You want something that:

- is seasoned - is widely used - is aggressively updated - is guaranteed to be supported for years - is free

That's your CentOS. It's RHEL, of course. And CentOS has a foundation that gathers cash, so it's not just going to disappear one day.

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