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plumbergplumberg Member
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Just wondering what is your choice operating system and if you can share a few points why.

Server OS
  1. What Server Os you prefer to use and why?139 votes
    1. Ubuntu
      29.50%
    2. CentOS
      28.78%
    3. Windows
        0.72%
    4. Debian
      34.53%
    5. FreeBSD
        3.60%
    6. MacOS
        0.72%
    7. Others
        2.16%
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  • namhuynamhuy Member

    centos because it is very stable

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator

    Debian, thx.

    RHEL/CentOS has always suffered from a very bad case of "let's change things just because we can".

    Thanked by 3sayem314 pike abjr
  • SCAM_DONT_BUYSCAM_DONT_BUY Member

    Ubuntu, thx.

    Windows on servers is SCAM_DONT_INSTALL. No clue about MacOS, does it have any reason to exist?

  • UnbelievableUnbelievable Member

    None - serverless with google firebase

  • stewdetoxstewdetox Member

    Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS are all the same - its all about who maintains the packages!

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator

    @SCAM_DONT_BUY said: Ubuntu, thx.

    Debian ripoff.

    @SCAM_DONT_BUY said: No clue about MacOS, does it have any reason to exist?

    It has a really nice GUI. Actually, being old enough to remember the hideous Unix GUIs of the 80s and 90s, it's nice to finally have a Unix with a nice GUI.

    BTW, @plumberg, why isn't OpenBSD on your list?

    Thanked by 1SCAM_DONT_BUY
  • eva2000eva2000 Member

    I'm a CentOS guy as I know the ins and outs very well and workaround most issues I come across in a timely fashion. But I always thought LET was more Ubuntu/Debian centric, so surprised by the poll results so far

    • Ubuntu 15.38%
    • CentOS 46.15%
  • yokowasisyokowasis Member

    @eva2000 said:
    I'm a CentOS guy as I know the ins and outs very well and workaround most issues I come across in a timely fashion. But I always thought LET was more Ubuntu/Debian centric, so surprised by the poll results so far

    • Ubuntu 15.38%
    • CentOS 46.15%

    Because some software is exclusive on centos.

  • 17brownj17brownj Member, Host Rep

    Debian is my go to. Then CentOS, mostly when it's required by the software. I used to primarily use CentOS exclusively but have switched to Debian in recent years.

  • eva2000eva2000 Member

    @yokowasis said: Because some software is exclusive on centos.

    so true ^_^ :smiley:

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @raindog308 said:

    @SCAM_DONT_BUY said: Ubuntu, thx.

    Debian ripoff.

    @SCAM_DONT_BUY said: No clue about MacOS, does it have any reason to exist?

    It has a really nice GUI. Actually, being old enough to remember the hideous Unix GUIs of the 80s and 90s, it's nice to finally have a Unix with a nice GUI.

    BTW, @plumberg, why isn't OpenBSD on your list?

    DDE is a nice DE tho. (Not for a server of course) And you don't have to use deepin anymore to get it either.

  • Matix8981Matix8981 Member

    CentOS and Alpine for small servers

  • NeoonNeoon Member, Community Contributor

    WindowsXP self compiled, 10/10.

    Thanked by 7pike Jona4s jugganuts vimalware TimboJones cpsd hanoi
  • netceteranetcetera Member

    Ubuntu or CentOS i would recommend as a good OS

  • DPDP Administrator, The Domain Guy

    I’d prefer Ubuntu and Windows for home use and Debian for servers.

  • Jona4sJona4s Member

    now that windows is open source, maybe IOCP will be more popular than epoll/kqueue

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    Windows - 0% 😆

  • ChristianDSHChristianDSH Member, Host Rep

    Debian and Ubuntu, CentOS is too yummy for me.

    Thanked by 1tjn
  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    @ChristianDSH said:
    Debian and Ubuntu, CentOS is too yummy for me.

    You're so punny.

    Thanked by 1ChristianDSH
  • sayem314sayem314 Member

    @Unbelievable said:
    None - serverless with google firebase

    Serverless doesn't mean it's not hosted on a server.

  • ThundasThundas Member

    Centos all the way.

  • zenkizenki Member

    Ubuntu all the way. 99% of servers I have are running on this, the rest are routers (VyOS, RouterOS etc.)

  • WebProjectWebProject Member, Host Rep

    Ubuntu vs Debian, Ubuntu is commercial and cut version of Debian, so Debian all the way.
    CentOS is very popular as its based on RedHat.

  • serv_eeserv_ee Member

    I got a mix of ubuntu and opensuse leap

  • dosaidosai Member

    I tried centos and felt it was not for me. Debian is <3

  • xethostxethost Member, Patron Provider

    Ubuntu LTS versions, CentOS, Red Hat, and Cumulus Linux (for network).

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    Quite some good stuff missing, e.g. slack, alpine, OpenBSD, and of course TempleOS.

  • sandanistasandanista Member

    +1 Centos

  • jmgcaguiclajmgcaguicla Member

    @jsg said:
    TempleOS.

    As God intended

  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member

    @raindog308 said:
    Debian, thx.

    RHEL/CentOS has always suffered from a very bad case of "let's change things just because we can".

    Like what? I always thought Debian and especially Ubuntu were the changing one's since Centos is released far less often and targets enterprises. And pretty much everything they change is a result of something broken with many issues. They (Red Hat) provides support at scale, they know what are the broken bits that constantly cause pain.

    Full disclosure, I welcomed systemd and firewalld as it allowed me to never have to fuck with manually editing start scripts and iptables.

    But Wi-Fi on debian is a dumpster fire.

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