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What distro for a VPS?
When you need a VPS, what distro will you usually pick? (Or you'd like to pick but it's not offered by providers)
I need to collect some data so I know which distros I should offer in VirtKick cloud panel by default.
Thanks.
What distro do you usually choose for a VPS?
- Ubuntu154 votes
- Debian64.29%
- CentOS27.27%
- Fedora0.65%
- openSUSE0.00%
- CoreOS1.95%
- Arch Linux3.90%
- FreeBSD0.65%
- Slackware0.00%
- Gentoo1.30%
- SmartOS0.00%
Comments
I want Ubuntu but I can't select it, so I'll choose Debian.
Ha ha, seems broken. Okay, can be Debian. There's no doubt that these two are a must, so whatever.
Windows.
OS X.
Ubuntu LTS
Licensing :O
Wow it looks absolutely gorgeous. Kudos to your UI guy Jodel.
As for the poll I'm assuming this is just to drum up publicity for the panel because you could have just visited a few hosts and see what templates they offer.
Why no ubuntu
I voted 'FreeBSD', but I often pick just Debian for my VPSes. Maybe you could include kFreeBSD? ;-)
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And yeah, your design rocks!
Option "Upload your own ISO and wget your own ISO".
Debian.
Thanks, will pass it on to him!
Nope, most lowendtalkers already know about VirtKick.
That's planned. But providing some default distros out-of-the-box is a different thing.
Centos-5-x86, Centos-5-x86_64, Centos-6-x86, Centos-6-x86_64, Centos-6-x86_64-minimal, Centos-7-x86_64-minimal, Debian-6.0-x86, Debian-6.0-x86_64, Debian-6.0-x86_64-minimal, Debian-7.0-x86, Debian-7.0-x86_64, Debian-7.0-x86_64-minimal, Fedora-19-x86, Fedora-19-x86_64, Fedora-20-x86, Fedora-20-x86_64, Scientific-6-x86, Scientific-6-x86_64, Suse-12.2-x86, Suse-12.2-x86_64, Suse-12.3-x86, Suse-12.3-x86_64, Suse-13.1-x86_64-minimal, Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64-minimal, Ubuntu-13.04-x86, Ubuntu-13.04-x86_64, Ubuntu-13.10-x86, Ubuntu-13.10-x86_64, Ubuntu-14.04-x86_64-minimal,
To this list I add:
FreeBSD
All TurnKeyLinux flavors you can find
Gentoo
Slackware
Centos or debian minimal
CentOS minimal.
@Nowaker You pretty much covered everything here. Some of us may be interested in Turnkey Linux images since Jumpbox is not free.
i always seem to go centos.. I guess because I've never had any issues with it.. untill then, ill probably keep on using it, I'm also not that experienced, and find it very easy to use.
Normally I would install Debian as my default option for any VPS regardless of resources, but now with OpenVZ's minimal templates spanning pretty much every OS option I try to stick with CentOS whenever possible.
+1 debian.
CentOS
I started with Ubuntu, was pointed towards Debian.. and have never left. I deal with some cPanel servers so I'm somewhat familiar with CentOS, but I know Debian fairly well and it works great for me.
debian
+1 debian
Debian > Ubuntu > CentOS for me.
I usually choose Debian because it's what I'm most familiar with, Ubuntu next since it's similar to Debian. CentOS would be a last resort: I've never had a positive experience with it and managed to kill a few installs with rpm (somehow.)
Gentoo, Arch, FreeBSD, openSUSE and Slackware.
CentOS and Debian
Debian for me.
Also, I love your website. Minimalistic, simple, straight to the point. Hope you get a bunch of sponsors.
I'm sure CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu are must haves.
CentOS or Debian. Occasionally Fedora for fun.
+1
If its OpenVZ, I'll usually install CentOS 6.5 (regardless the amount of RAM). If its KVM or XenHVM, I'll install FreeBSD if there's no more than 512MB RAM or CentOS 6.5 if there's more.