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Old 10-30-2006, 09:24 AM   #1
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Most commonly used server distro

Hello Guys,
Which Linux distribution is most common for server use. By distro I mean the free ones like fedora, slackware, debia etc.
 
Old 10-30-2006, 09:51 AM   #2
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In real life I see a lot of CentOS. Debian-stable is also quite common.
 
Old 11-01-2006, 12:59 PM   #3
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I've seen a couple of Red Hat Enterprise, Red Hat 9 and a couple of Debian.

Where is Slackware
 
Old 11-01-2006, 01:19 PM   #4
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I use slackware for my home server. Nothing important or greatly used.
 
Old 11-01-2006, 01:44 PM   #5
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Where is Slackware
I use Slackware boxes for CVS, Oracle (10g) and SFTP hosting for the State Health department here. Admittedly, the corporate Linux here is Suse (it's a Novell shop) so these are exceptions to the rule.
 
Old 11-01-2006, 01:49 PM   #6
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Most of the places I've had as clients and/or done work for use combinations of Fedora, Mandriva, and SuSe.
 
Old 11-06-2006, 01:48 PM   #7
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What ever happened to using BSD as a server??
 
Old 11-06-2006, 01:51 PM   #8
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THe OP asked for a Linux distro, so BSD does not really qualify, does it?
 
Old 11-21-2006, 05:23 PM   #9
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Personally I swear by Slackware as a LAMP.
 
Old 11-21-2006, 08:00 PM   #10
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THe OP asked for a Linux distro, so BSD does not really qualify, does it?
I didn't respond to the OP I asked my own question, didn't I?
 
Old 11-21-2006, 10:09 PM   #11
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From alot of reading on the net, I see Redhat & Debian mention the most. Of course BSDs probably are used more than Linux.
 
Old 11-22-2006, 01:05 AM   #12
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I didn't respond to the OP I asked my own question, didn't I?
Well, you hijacked the thread then. Much better.
And ... you posted in the wrong forum. Even better.
 
Old 11-22-2006, 03:35 AM   #13
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Kind of old article, I leave the value of it up to your judgement.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1550960,00.asp

Sep
 
Old 11-22-2006, 04:17 PM   #14
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Maybe not most common, but I know that Slackware runs some of the longest-running servers on the web.

I see a lot of Red Hat, but that's because any idiot who wants to run a hosting service can install Red Hat.
 
Old 11-22-2006, 05:30 PM   #15
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Well, you hijacked the thread then. Much better.
And ... you posted in the wrong forum. Even better.
Kids...

I'd say Debian, or anything Debian based that's relatively stable.
 
  


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