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Thread: Centos or Fedora Core?
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12-02-2006, 11:37 AM #1Junior Guru
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Centos or Fedora Core?
I was buying a linux dedicated server and didn't know which is better.. CentOS 4 or Red Hat Fedora Core 4?
If CentOS 4 is better.. does it come with PHP. GD Library, ect like Fedora?
Thanks for the help!
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12-02-2006, 11:42 AM #2Web Hosting Guru
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Do you plan to put a control panel of this new server?
I always did like the clouds
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12-02-2006, 11:45 AM #3Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by spulis
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12-02-2006, 11:51 AM #4Web Hosting Guru
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Looking at there pricing it would seem plesk is the cheaper route. You best bet is to head over the swsoft forums and see what OS that control panel runs best on.
I believe it to be Fedora from my experiences but that may not be the case any longer its been a while since I have used Plesk.
I prefer cent OS to Fedora personally however you need to decide what you feel most comfortable with.I always did like the clouds
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12-02-2006, 12:02 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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as spulis says it depends on what your comfortable with, personally I would go for cent OS rather than fedora, but both do the job. Plesk works ewually well on either.
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12-02-2006, 12:14 PM #6Junior Guru
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what does CentOS provide that Fedora doesn't? Anything special? I've heard it is more stable than Fedora...i'm guessing that means less reboots and that it gets more power out of the system resources..am i correct?
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12-02-2006, 12:38 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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I would go will CentOS4 with cPanel
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12-02-2006, 01:15 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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CentOS is designed for servers, and Fedora for Desktops. Some people prefer Fedora simply because they've used it at home and are more familiar with it, but for server activities, you should pick CentOS. They're both very capable and not that different from the other. I've also heard some customers prefer Fedora's more frequent updates, but that could also mean getting more [less tested] software with potential bugs thrown in.
Within our servers, CentOS outnumbers Fedora by about 20 to 1.
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12-02-2006, 01:51 PM #9Junior Guru
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cool, thanks for your input!
more is welcome of course. I am sure others probably have this same question.
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12-02-2006, 02:09 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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I know what I want and it's cPanel on CentOS server
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12-02-2006, 04:31 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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I am getting a machine with the following config:
* Dual AMD Opteron 246
* 2 GB RAM
* 73 GB SCSI Drive
I will be using webmin as control panel and will be running Apache and MySQL on it. Whe server will be running a handfull of wordpress and phpbb sites only. (no client account)
Should i go for CentOS 4 or Fedora Core 4?
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12-02-2006, 04:41 PM #12Web Hosting Guru
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I would say cent0s
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12-02-2006, 04:52 PM #13Newbie
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Definately Cent Os
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12-02-2006, 04:56 PM #14Retired Moderator
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centOS of course over fedora for the reasons listed above. I would look elsewhere for the server however, godaddy has too many problems. Search here to find the full scoop
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12-02-2006, 06:17 PM #15Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by AvailNetworks
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12-02-2006, 06:23 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by WebDivx
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12-02-2006, 06:44 PM #17Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by fitesun
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12-02-2006, 06:45 PM #18Retired Moderator
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We run almost uniquely CentOS 4 (which actually is almost Redhat Enterprise 4). With Cpanel, it's as good as it can get compatibility wise. With custom / no control panel servers, you may want to consider what you need exactly. For example, the tradeoff for stability is that CentOS (or Redhat really) backports patches. This means that instead of always upgrading to the newest and latest, whenever there is a security patch, Redhat will port this patch to a lower version or base version that they run. Only very rarely do they increment this to a new version.
How does this affect? In truth, if you are not going for a lot of custom packages, it doesn't. However some clients we have needed that and that's when the dependencies may be an issue and you will need to do a lot of custom compiles. This is less likely to happen with Fedora which implements the latest edge software all the time.
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12-02-2006, 06:48 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by WebDivx
for that price,you should go for unmanaged hosting also not a highend server
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12-02-2006, 06:56 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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Centos for me...you would need a control panel from a better reseller.
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12-02-2006, 06:59 PM #21Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by fitesun
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12-02-2006, 07:07 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by WebDivx
You may want to buy a server from reseller as server4sale etc....
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12-02-2006, 07:08 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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You may want to take a look at layeredtech, they meet all your above requirements.
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12-02-2006, 07:47 PM #24Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by fitesun
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12-02-2006, 08:01 PM #25Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by WebDivx