What's the difference between CentOS and Debian?

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Alex2014-10-09 11:07:07

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Alex, 2014-10-09 11:07:07

I am generally new to working with servers and therefore I wonder:
What is the main difference between these systems?
What are their pros and cons?
What is better to use for high-load projects and what is better for small ones?
How do they compare to Fedora or Ubuntu?

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Sergey Petrikov, 2014-10-09
@RicoX

A different package manager, respectively, different turnips and maintainers, some of the software is assembled in default with different keys, has different names and paths to configs, the rest is the same.
Fedora is a red-cap sandbox for testing new technologies, it's too unstable for servers. Ubuntu - today an independent system that has grown from Debian has a lot in common with it, but contains slightly newer packages, the LTS version is quite suitable for server use. Something like this.

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Valentine, 2014-10-09
@vvpoloskin

Historically, debian repositories have more software.
But you still often build packages on the server yourself - you need some special build flags, fresh patches. So you won't really notice the difference. If you know how to work with rpm - install centos, if you know how to work with deb - debian.

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Taras Labiak, 2014-10-13
@kissarat

Packages under CentOS are ancient compared to Debian. There is little CentOS with the sign, but I did not see any advantages