Your favorite linux server distro

terrorgenterrorgen OG
edited November 2019 in Reviews

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Your favorite Linux Server Distro
  1. Select your favorite64 votes
    1. Ubuntu
      14.06%
    2. Debian
      53.13%
    3. RHEL/CentOS
      20.31%
    4. RancherOS
        0.00%
    5. Oracle Linux
        0.00%
    6. CloudLinux
        1.56%
    7. ArchLinux
        0.00%
    8. Other/Not Listed
        7.81%
    9. Linux wha..? BSD FTW!
        3.13%
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  • pikepike OG

    I learned on Debian and never ran into a situation that made me switch to a different distro.

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.

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  • ITLabsITLabs OG

    Debian, tks.

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  • cybertechcybertech OGBenchmark King YABS 24/7/365

    Centos thx

    I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.

  • intelpentiumintelpentium OG

    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.

  • RahulRahul OG

    Ubuntu, For being out-of-the-box.

  • localhostlocalhost OG

    Windows NT 4.0

    FTW!!!!!

  • lgsinlgsin OG

    Debian, thx.

  • efXefX OG
    edited November 2019

    Also Debian

  • dahartigandahartigan OG

    Debian for most things, Ubuntu for a tiny number of things and CentOS only where WHM/cPanel is required.

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    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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  • Shoaib_AShoaib_A OG

    CentOS

  • perryoo11perryoo11 OG

    General Debian

    For small specs servers I like centos.

  • AmitzAmitz OG

    I started out with CentOS, then switched to Debian and never looked back.

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  • JanevskiJanevski OG

    TinyCoreLinux

  • uhuuhu OG

    Debian on the original XBox. Next favorite, Raspbian.

    Yes, I did read the question.

  • AbdullahAbdullah ProviderOG

    Debian min. Install always.

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  • flipsflips OG

    Has the Gentoo crowd moved to Arch?
    Never heard of RancherOS, guess I stopped paying attention to DistroWatch ... :p

  • aRNoLDaRNoLD OG
    edited November 2019

    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.

  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @poisson said:
    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.

    Curious, what's your desktop distro?

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @Janevski said:
    TinyCoreLinux

    That's something.

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  • RahulRahul OG

    poisson said: I went for a Debian derivative for desktop.

    terrorgen said: Curious, what's your desktop distro?

    Rahul said: Ubuntu, For being out-of-the-box.

    AmIRight ?

  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    Ubuntu is not the only Debian based out of the box distro, bro...

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  • poissonpoisson OG

    @terrorgen said:

    @poisson said:
    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.

    Curious, what's your desktop distro?

    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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  • flipsflips OG

    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 ... B)

  • AlwaysSkintAlwaysSkint OG RETIRED
    edited November 2019

    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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  • k082mxk082mx OG

    My main one is Debian, but unfortunately sometimes I need to use CentOs and currently I'm beginning to test Alpine.

  • tgltgl OG

    alpine linux

  • ArkArk OG

    Debian user here =)

  • beaglebeagle OG

    CentOS mostly, Debian when application requires.

  • FreeBSDFreeBSD OG

    I don't really like Linux, I like FreeBSD.

  • poissonpoisson OG

    @FreeBSD said:
    I don't really like Linux, I like FreeBSD.

    The best is definitely the upcoming LESbian

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  • FreeBSDFreeBSD OG

    @poisson said:

    @FreeBSD said:
    I don't really like Linux, I like FreeBSD.

    The best is definitely the upcoming LESbian

    I guess you want to have LESbian on a whole rack.

  • RahulRahul OG

    FreeBSD said: I guess you want to have LESbian on a whole floor.

    Yes!
    But the floor should have EtherChannel waterchannel

  • poissonpoisson OG

    @FreeBSD said:

    @poisson said:

    @FreeBSD said:
    I don't really like Linux, I like FreeBSD.

    The best is definitely the upcoming LESbian

    I guess you want to have LESbian on a whole rack.

    One rack? Give me a DC

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @tgl said:
    alpine linux

    @mrtilde said:
    currently I'm beginning to test Alpine.

    Alpine, yes! How did I miss it in the poll?

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  • tgltgl OG

    @terrorgen dunno, probably you did not see the forest from the trees :)

  • SpryServers_TabSpryServers_Tab OG

    @poisson said:
    You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.

    LOL. And honestly, it'd be stupid as hell to run arch on a server.

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @SpryServers_Tab said:

    @poisson said:
    You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.

    LOL. And honestly, it'd be stupid as hell to run arch on a server.

    Some providers provides them as an option, so I wonder

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  • SpryServers_TabSpryServers_Tab OG

    @terrorgen said:

    @SpryServers_Tab said:

    @poisson said:
    You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.

    LOL. And honestly, it'd be stupid as hell to run arch on a server.

    Some providers provides them as an option, so I wonder

    Well honestly, I'll provide whatever a client wants, and I have had requests for Arch. I provide an ISO if they want to install it, but I sure as hell don't recommend it. Too many updates break stuff. I mean I use it on my laptop, because I love bleeding-edge stuff - but i'd never use it on a server.

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  • jurevejureve OG

    Debian and Ubuntu =)

  • deankdeank OG

    Have always used Fedora since 2010s.

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  • AmitzAmitz OG

    Is there a special reason for you using Fedora?
    Something that makes is special for you? Or is it "just" what you are used too?

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @SpryServers_Tab said:

    @terrorgen said:

    @SpryServers_Tab said:

    @poisson said:
    You don't need to list arch. Their users will tell you they use arch without you asking them.

    LOL. And honestly, it'd be stupid as hell to run arch on a server.

    Some providers provides them as an option, so I wonder

    Well honestly, I'll provide whatever a client wants, and I have had requests for Arch. I provide an ISO if they want to install it, but I sure as hell don't recommend it. Too many updates break stuff. I mean I use it on my laptop, because I love bleeding-edge stuff - but i'd never use it on a server.

    I bought into the hype back in 2014 or so and my arch install breaks every day or two after I run pacman -Syu.
    Back to Debian I guess.

    I run elementaryOS as my desktop. On VPSes, it's always debian.

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  • WSSWSS OG Guru Meditation Error

    Debian-fork for general production; Alpine for specific single tasks.

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  • vimalwarevimalware OG

    Ubuntu's LTS is what made the switch to 'Linux as daily-driver', possible for me (2006)
    I run Ubuntu LTS on most servers as well : Access to lots of readymade PPAs , 5 years of security patches, recent enough software versions for almost any server runtimes.

    2 or 3 storage-only servers run a minimal Debian Stable + ufw.

  • RadiRadi ProviderOG

    From those on the list, Debian. I mainly use it for personal servers. Otherwise, CentOS where needed.

    For desktop, I usually choose Linux Mint. Last few months, I have been eye-ing Deepin, it's interface looks nice.

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  • deankdeank OG
    edited November 2019

    @Amitz said:
    Is there a special reason for you using Fedora?
    Something that makes is special for you? Or is it "just" what you are used too?

    It was the very first unix distro I started to use.
    It works, so why change?

    Besides, I did like the name and the fact that it is a fork of Red Hat unix which I used few times before Fedora.

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  • angstromangstrom OG

    I run variously Debian, Devuan, Slackware, and Ubuntu MATE.

    I've become fond of Devuan, and I'm hoping that the next stable release won't take many more months.

    I may decide to leave Slackware in the near future.

    I like Ubuntu MATE because it's probably the nicest instance of MATE, which is the desktop that I prefer.

    And Debian, of course.

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  • angstromangstrom OG

    @WSS said:
    Debian-fork for general production; Alpine for specific single tasks.

    No more Void?

    "A single swap file or partition may be up to 128 MB in size. [...] [I]f you need 256 MB of swap, you can create two 128-MB swap partitions." (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 49)

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