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08-23-2009, 12:19 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Which free OS to use?
A Xen VPS host I'm looking at offers the following free OS options:
centos 5
suse 11
ubuntu 8
ubuntu 9
fedora 10
gentoo
centos 5 linux
I assume that once installed, I won't have to deal with the OS (I never did with my shared hosting account, I hope VPS is mostly the same if I have some support from the host)
Which of these are the most popular (and I assume the best option for my purposes as a non-techy guy)
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08-23-2009, 12:22 AM #2Corporate Member
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If it's not a managed VPS, be prepared to fiddle with the OS. Be sure to pick a well managed VPS. All are for techies but the one that has the most help online is centos 5. Ubuntu is too experimental especially for OpenX installs.
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08-23-2009, 12:23 AM #3Private Citizen
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My vote goes to CentOS as well, it's proven its worth in the server arena.
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08-23-2009, 12:29 AM #4The Linux Specialist
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08-23-2009, 12:31 AM #5Corporate Member
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Also, based on your description you're most likely going to need more than semi-managed. Especially with regards to security and up keep. Be sure to ask if they are willing to install OpenX.
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08-23-2009, 12:36 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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I assume that once installed, I won't have to deal with the OS (I never did with my shared hosting account, I hope VPS is mostly the same if I have some support from the host)
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08-23-2009, 04:33 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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CentOS! most people use it and masses of support for it.
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08-23-2009, 05:45 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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CentOS 5 gets my vote!
Remember to run in SSH, yum update once it's been installed.
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08-23-2009, 06:41 AM #9Newbie
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I would recommend CentOS 5.3 !
also is your processor 32 bit or 64 bit ?
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08-23-2009, 12:34 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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CentOS
I strongly recommend CentOS 5.x or 4.x. I experencied ALL Linux distros in VPS and real servers, including Mandriva, Slack and more; ALL Debian and Free BSD and the best in this OS universe is CentOS, no doubt. But if you also need a Linux OS for your desktop (home PC) I recommend Ubuntu latest release.9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope - released in April 2009.
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08-23-2009, 06:13 PM #11Private Citizen
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08-23-2009, 06:19 PM #12Private Citizen
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No problem
Take a peek here: http://distrowatch.com/ These are pretty much all Linux, and some BSD, etc...
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08-23-2009, 06:23 PM #13Private Citizen
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It is one of the many branches of Linux yes.
Here is a family tree: http://www.blowfisher.net/gallery/d/...amily-tree.gif it's a little outdated, but you get the idea. Also it's in no way a complete example of what Linux was, is and will be.Last edited by MikeTrike; 08-23-2009 at 06:27 PM.
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08-23-2009, 06:33 PM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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08-24-2009, 12:11 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Stick with CentOS, as its one of the most common flavors of Linux and you can find support on it fairly easy.
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08-24-2009, 10:13 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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I will go for ubuntu, easy and stable and plenty of help pouring in these days
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08-24-2009, 10:57 PM #17WHT Addict
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Centos 5.3 has my vote.
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08-25-2009, 06:02 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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08-25-2009, 08:41 AM #19Support Facility
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I am sure most vote will get for CentOS.
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08-25-2009, 09:28 AM #20Junior Guru
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Another vote for centos , it's the best out there.
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08-25-2009, 11:08 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Oh no!
Not AGAIN this of topic, with people saying CentOS, CentOS, CentOS, CentOS, CentOS, CentOS, CentOS, without any valid reasons, if any reason is given at all. It goes in loop, this makes no sense. It's totally useless, and the author of the original post should have searched the forum in the first place.
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08-25-2009, 11:46 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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My vote goes to centos.. because it is free of cost.
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08-25-2009, 08:29 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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This is the most stupid argument ever. CentOS is free of any charge, but that's only a consequence that it's free as freedom. Now, exactly, appart from the stupid RHEL, which distribution is to be paid for? And here, clearly, CentOS depends on the work of a "to be paid for" distribution.
If you guys start pickup up arguments about the freeness, then you should go in the favor of Debian, which is the only really free distribution in this world, made free (as freedom), by open source people, managed democratically. See the social contract and the DFSG on which every Debian developer has to clearly agree before going through procedure and philosophy checks:
http://www.debian.org/social_contract
Now, try to find the equivalent in CentOS. Of course, you wont find it... simply because there's no developers in CentOS, as all packages are made in Fedora, which is the unstable distribution of greedy fortune 500 RedHat.
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08-25-2009, 08:37 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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08-25-2009, 09:08 PM #25WHT Addict
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CentOS sure You will Find solutions if you encounter a problem
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