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[creativepart]

I'm on a server running RedHat 9. I'm looking to move to a better server. The choices seem to be Fedora Core 3 or 4, Cento OS or RH Enterprise 3 or 4.

I've been leaning toward Fedora Core 3 but maybe that's not necessary.

I've assumed they are all similar and since FC is closest to RH9 that's the direction I've been leaning.

Any reason for me to feel this way? Does it matter which I choose?

Thanks in advance for the help

PS. And, if I go with FC is 4 better than 3 for a new serve setup?

[lelahosting]

i would reccomend cent os myself

[Laws]

Go with CentOS, this is what the most common choice is right now we're finding.

[rey]

I would recommend to go with the one that you are comfortable with. But to answer your question, I'd highly recommend CentOS all the way. Very solid and stable both for hosting and gaming. The patch is also very quick to be released and the communities that support it are growing in numbers.

[morcego]

Since you are already migrating, you might want to go all the way to the solution that will be the "better" for you in the long time.
Meaning CentOS 4

[jmaskell]

I'd go for CentOS - it's incredibly similar to RHEL too - just without the price tag.

[probonic]

Originally Posted by jmaskell

I'd go for CentOS - it's incredibly similar to RHEL too - just without the price tag.

It basically *is* RHEL without the price tag (and the RedHat logos replaced)

[AvailNetworks]

I would go with centos 4.x 32 bit if budget is a concern. If you plan for an enterprise environment then I would spend the extra cash on RHEL, with that there is no compromise


fedora is a desktop os, I would pass over it. Shelf life is not guaranteed

[alger]

One more vote for CentOS. The price is right... Love it, -A

[monkeywrencher]

Centos Hands Down

[morcego]

I wonder if anyone is even going to mention CentOS ...

[Jame$]

RHEL 4 has been the most rock stable for my servers. Centos has the occasional mess-ups.

[sprintserve]

Fedora have too short a lifespan compared to Redhat Ent / CentOS which have a 12 years support lifespan. If you are familiar with Redhat 9, there's is almost not much of a learning curve. Fedora also tends to be the testing bed for edge technologies for Redhat and as such, we definitely won't recommend it.

[ranjitbhar]

I would go with RH if you can get it, I have used has Centos earlier but on our new server we have RHEL 4 and its rock stable.

[Alex]

CentOS or RHEL would be the best idea. CentOS has a support life for about 5 years for each version, so you will be able to stick with the same OS for a good amount of time. On the other side, Fedora usually releases a new version every 6 months or so, and pushes the old one to legacy. Fedora is also more of a desktop OS, while CentOS is a server geared operating system.

If you have money to kill you could get RHEL, but RHEL really doesn't give you anything more than CentOS except a few dedicated mirrors. Not worth it IMO.


Alex