What is your favorite Linux distribution?

Christina · #1 (**permalink**) 09-04-08, 16:35

Debian is my favorite distro . For my regular clients I manage several servers that are running (for various reasons, not related to me necessary): Debian, RHEL3/4, Centos, Fedora etc).

Which distros do you use most often?

BodShane · #2 (**permalink**) 09-18-08, 11:40

As far we have noticed, centOS are first preference by most Linux users which is then followed by Fedora Core. DebianOS are not at all a bad selection unless you are aware of the installation and configurations on it.

So probably, if you take a few points into consideration with the Operating System Selection and are aware of your requirements, all should be good.

jason s · #3 (**permalink**) 02-16-09, 20:02

Personally, I like fedora because it got many features like:

1. Graphical interfaces including all key versions: GNOME, KDE, XFce,

2. Server daemons and apps to run a tuned Apache web server, SAMBA, NFS
file serving, and MySQL among many others
3. It's pretty similar to RHEL.
4. It's fairly convenient and relatively easy to install (for me).
5. It has the latest releases of most of the available software.
6. The choice of software is enormous.

bluetrance05 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-17-09, 03:31

My favorite Linux Distribution is Debian-based Ubuntu. It's a free, open source software so the users are able to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.

carl owen · #5 (**permalink**) 02-17-09, 12:16

I prefer Linux CentOS as it is really easy to use and I can manage it quite well.

carl · #6 (**permalink**) 02-17-09, 13:54

Centos is the most stable distro of Linux and many software's are compatible with Centos.

php_rules · #7 (**permalink**) 02-17-09, 14:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by carl

Centos is the most stable distro of Linux

I think that title would have to belong to slackware, or plain old debian-stable. I have used pretty much every flavor of linux - starting with redhat 5.2 using a 2.0 kernel. I'm currently using Backtrack linux (which is a penetration testing distro based on slax, which is in turn based on slackware) from a USB flash drive with persistent changes (like a live cd, but it saves things you do). For me I loved slackware - I started when it was slackware 8, I also used SuSE for about a year, and it was fantastic. I don't really like rpm based distro's due to rpm hell, though I haven't tried one for a while. Anything based on apt is fantastic (and you can get slapt-get for slackware) Ubuntu is a good choice for most people (or kubuntu if you prefer kde) but for me, anything that's apt based with kde and firefox is all I need.

bloggerbee · #8 (**permalink**) 02-18-09, 12:50

While I don't know what the differences are between all the various distributions, I find that most people I know seem to run with Ubuntu or Fedora. I only know one that has Centos and that was a recent change for him.

carl owen · #9 (**permalink**) 02-18-09, 17:45

You will find that the distributions of Linux have some commands different from each other and the GUI ( Graphical User Interface ) of different distributions of Linux are different from each other. Fedora and CentOS are also 2 distributions of Linux and you can choose one according to your preference. We suggest CentOS as it is better and quite easier to manage.

Lazlo90 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-18-09, 18:11

While I like using Ubuntu as a desktop solution, I prefer CentOS for Linux hosting.

I found it to be efficient and since I really haven't toyed around too much with other distributions, I've stuck with it as I feel comfortable using it.

Maggie Q. · #11 (**permalink**) 02-18-09, 18:42

My favorite one is centOS as it has many advantages over other distributions as:

(a) It got an extensive mirror network
(b) centOS comes with many free support avenues including IRC Chat,
Mailing Lists, Forums, and a dynamic FAQ.
(c) user community of centOS is active and growing.
(d) developers of centOS are responsive and contactable.

Joseph · #12 (**permalink**) 02-18-09, 19:39

I think it is really worth trying as I have read excellent reviews about it. The best advantage is the fact that it is the latest and tested distribution of Linux and many users have appreciated CentOS for its user interface as it is very easy.

BodShane · #13 (**permalink**) 02-19-09, 09:21

Most important is that it has RPM's similar to Rhel which makes it a lot easier.

centelo · #14 (**permalink**) 02-19-09, 14:19

I think the first I played around with long enough to care was slack and that was a pain stakingly hard process which I can still not fully wrap my mind around. Its the first one I should say that kept me there long enough to nick out the bells and whistles so I could make it do what I wanted, but then again its slack and things are not updated as soon as I would like either (now, years late). I'm sure its the reason I am not running it anymore too.