LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2013 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
Reload this Page Server Distribution of the Year
User Name
Password
2013 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards This forum is for the 2013 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite products of 2013. This is your chance to be heard! Voting ends on February 4th.

Notices


View Poll Results: Server Distribution of the Year
CentOS 95 15.91%
Debian 143 23.95%
Gentoo 10 1.68%
Mandriva Enterprise Server 4 0.67%
Oracle Enterprise Linux 3 0.50%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 51 8.54%
Scientific Linux 6 1.01%
Slackware 190 31.83%
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 19 3.18%
Ubuntu LTS 76 12.73%
Voters: 597. You may not vote on this poll

Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23
  Search this Thread
Old 12-16-2013, 09:21 PM   #1
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,602

Rep: Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084Reputation: 4084
Server Distribution of the Year

What distribution do you think is best suited for a server environment?

--jeremy
 
Old 12-17-2013, 01:41 AM   #2
druuna
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 10,532
Blog Entries: 7

Rep: Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405Reputation: 2405
RHEL, still the best for production environments in my opinion.
 
Old 12-17-2013, 01:42 AM   #3
astrogeek
Moderator
 
Registered: Oct 2008
Distribution: Slackware [64]-X.{0|1|2|37|-current} ::12<=X<=15, FreeBSD_12{.0|.1}
Posts: 6,264
Blog Entries: 24

Rep: Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194Reputation: 4194
Slackware shines for me.
 
Old 12-17-2013, 01:46 AM   #4
kooru
Senior Member
 
Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,385

Rep: Reputation: 275Reputation: 275Reputation: 275
slackware
 
Old 12-17-2013, 08:37 AM   #5
mtlhd
Member
 
Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Florida
Distribution: Raspbian, Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu
Posts: 131

Rep: Reputation: 18
Debian.
Debian, easy to use and super stable.
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 12-17-2013, 05:26 PM   #6
Fnux
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2013
Posts: 18

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
When it comes to stability, I can't vote for any other distro than Debian.
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 12-17-2013, 08:13 PM   #7
parcox
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Pontianak, Indonesia
Distribution: Slackware64-14.0
Posts: 26

Rep: Reputation: 5
When it comes to stability, I can't vote for any other distro than Slackware.
 
Old 12-18-2013, 01:30 AM   #8
Tux!
Member
 
Registered: May 2011
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: openSUSE
Posts: 114

Rep: Reputation: 32
OpenSUSE. Default distro has it all.
 
Old 12-20-2013, 03:08 AM   #9
taurolyon
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Behind you, right now!
Distribution: ArchLinux, Lubuntu, CentOS
Posts: 4

Rep: Reputation: 2
From this list, Deb or Cent - but I'd probably build an Arch system from the ground up.
 
Old 12-20-2013, 06:52 AM   #10
tabzz
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Poland
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 13

Rep: Reputation: 1
Debian.
 
Old 12-20-2013, 01:52 PM   #11
ricciare
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: May 2010
Location: Pescia, Italy
Posts: 22

Rep: Reputation: 1
Slackware
 
Old 12-30-2013, 10:21 PM   #12
sycho123321
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2012
Distribution: Debian, LFS!, Linux Mint
Posts: 208

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Debian its stable and canrun literaly forever
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 01-03-2014, 05:17 AM   #13
clauslack
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Jan 2012
Posts: 6

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Slackware
 
Old 01-03-2014, 09:42 AM   #14
metallica1973
Senior Member
Contributing Member
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Washington D.C
Posts: 2,190

Rep: Reputation: 60
Debian by far
 
Old 01-03-2014, 08:29 PM   #15
jst_joe
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Dec 2013
Location: TN, USA
Distribution: Debian, Crunchbang
Posts: 3

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
+1 for Debian
 
  


Reply
Page 1 of 3 1 23



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Server Distribution of the Year jeremy 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 55 03-22-2012 04:13 PM
Server Distribution of the Year jeremy 2010 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 76 03-02-2011 07:38 AM
Server Distribution of the Year jeremy 2009 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 41 06-29-2010 02:11 PM
Server Distribution of the Year jeremy 2008 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 62 02-14-2009 01:06 AM
Server Distribution of the Year jeremy 2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards 46 05-08-2008 09:28 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > 2013 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:22 AM.

Contact Us - Advertising Info - Rules - Privacy - LQ Merchandise - Donations - Contributing Member - LQ Sitemap -
Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration