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09-26-2006, 08:03 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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OS suggestion
Hi,
I am considered to sign up for a VPS at VPSLAND and have the following operating systems as choice
- Redhat 9
- CentOS 3
- CentOS 4
- Debian
- Gentoo
- FedoraCore 1
- FedoraCore 2
- FedoraCore 3
- FedoraCore 4
- FedoraCore 5
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 6.06
Personally I would probably go for one of these
- CentOS 4
- Debian
- FedoraCore 5
Would anyone have a particular suggestion? I am looking rather for a plain (but up-to-date) system where I can manually install the required applications later on. Thanks for any answer.
On a related note, I used to host with Linode and was really pleased by the easy ability to actually reinstall the entire operating system or choose even another. I guess this isnt as easy at VPSLAND, is it?
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09-26-2006, 12:40 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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What software are you planning on using and what are you familiar with?
CentOS and Fedora are very similar, CentOS is just the free version of Red Hat Enterprise which has the same base as Fedora.
As long as you have a good kernel you shouldn't notice a difference.
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09-26-2006, 12:49 PM #3Junior Guru
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If you're planning on using a control panel for hosting, I think CentOS is going to be the best choice.
But if you're going to be using command line sysadmin tools, nothing beats Debian (IMO).
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09-26-2006, 01:05 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Thanks devonblzx and nicedream. I'd use primarily web related software (Apache, PHP, MySQL), maybe Shoutcast too and later on Java applications. I used to use Debian but as its reputation in terms of being up-to-date isnt the best I was looking into CentOS and Fedora. Does anyone have experience with the differences of these systems at VPSLAND?
Any yes, I would go for the command line.
Also can somebody confirm my assumption that the OS management at VPSLAND is not as easy and changeable as at Linode?
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09-26-2006, 01:08 PM #5Junior Guru
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If you're using the command line, then go for debian, because upgrades and installations are handled very well. And you'll never have to worry about grabbing this dependency and that dependency. It does it all automatically.
Debian stable is notoriously slow to update, but that's why it's called "stable". If you need newer software you can change your system to the unstable or testing branches.
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09-27-2006, 06:29 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Thanks nicedream.
Would anybody also have comments to my VPSLAND related question?
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09-27-2006, 02:57 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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09-27-2006, 03:02 PM #8Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by slicematt
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09-27-2006, 03:10 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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09-27-2006, 03:19 PM #10Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by slicematt
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09-27-2006, 03:45 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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I would guess they are pre-installing the Ubuntu server base. Which doesn't include X-Windows and all the extra junk.
If you are going with a control panel then I would suggest CentOs as well. If command line -- yep debian≈ PeakVPN.Com | Complete Privacy VPN | Cloud Hosting | Guaranteed Security | 1Gbps-10Gbps Unmetered
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09-27-2006, 08:24 PM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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I'll say centOS or FreeBSd.. they are the best by far in terms of stability and compaitibility with VPS software
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09-28-2006, 12:14 AM #13Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by en21