What is the best linux distribution for a server?

Question

linux

Good day!
Quite recently, there was a need to transfer an Internet resource from shared hosting to VPS, so far there has been no such experience, I had to figure it out. I decided to take a server with ubuntu 14.04, since this distribution is installed on my home PC and is more or less familiar, plus I found detailed documentation, and the Russian-speaking community is large. But after a couple of weeks, it seemed to me that ubuntu requires constant attention, long adjustments and is not very stable. There is nothing to compare with yet, but there is no time to try another OS, if you change it for good.
The question is, which distribution is better for a beginner, CentOS or Debian is more stable, are they easier to set up or is it better to stay on ubuntu? On the Internet, I found only articles a year or two years ago, I am interested in more recent opinions and materials.

Answer 1

How many people have so many opinions, I like Debian, but this is my personal opinion

Answer 2

Our organization uses only CentOS. There are no problems, pieces of iron fly more often than anything in the system. But in CentOS, the software usually lags behind with versions, since updates are released only after the test of time.

Answer 3

CentOS:
1) Maintained by the developer community.
2) Free RHEL (and this is a cool respected company, something like Cisco).
3) Setting up the software without any special long dances with a tambourine.

Answer 4

1) There is no particular difference (except for the "freshness" of packages) between Debian and Ubuntu.
2) It is best, not being a professional, to use the most familiar tool.
3) CentOS is more designed for people who want RHEL, but don't have the money for it :)
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4) Personally, I prefer Gentoo, but, as I understand it, there's still no point in arguing my decision? :)

Answer 5

It's like comparing Mazda and Honda. It seems like a car, but it drives and the service is different.
It is necessary simply and conveniently then Bubunta (manuals for it are dark, both in Russian and in English).
Reliable and with a file then Centa (especially version 7 with SystemD and FirewallD ^_^ )
Regarding the fact that Bubunta crashes, this does not mean that it is not stable. It means hardware, setting up the environment, etc.
I myself personally study and use CentOS, but I do not refuse Ubuntu either.

Answer 6

Choose what is more comfortable for you.
I use Centos 6.6 (how to learn systemd at a decent level, you can install Centos7), Ubuntu / Mint / Elementary, etc. for home.
I have nothing against Debian-based, it's just that it is customary in the organization to use Centos/Fedora/RHEL.

Answer 7

The one that you personally know how to cook and whose glitches were raked more. In the guts, they are all about the same, the difference is in the package managers, the names of some packages and the slightly different location of the configs, otherwise everything is the same. In the highload, which I mainly work with, there are servers for both deb-like and rpm and bsd in general. The only thing that I do not recommend for production is source distributors, not because they are bad, they are not great in terms of customization and documentation, but servicing a fleet of hundreds of such servers is a pleasure for a rare masochist, otherwise it is a matter of personal preferences or preferences of a familiar guru.

Answer 8

why nobody likes friibsd?