Which OS to Choose for VPS?

Question

Network administration

I want to buy VPS hosting, but I don't know which OS to choose, there are such options: centos, debian, fedora, ubuntu. But that's all, as far as I know Linux, only different distributions. But which one is more convenient? and easier, plans to install Ruby or Node.js.
Please describe the benefits of the recommendation.

Answer 1

Some say that the CentOS package manager (yum) manages dependencies better than the Debian package managers (apt-get).
Ubuntu has a user-friendly support site in Russian. If English is bad, then the presence of the Russian community is important.
I myself had Debian for a long time, but later switched to CentOS.
In fact - if you take a system for a web server, then you won't even notice the difference between distributions - the same programs, the same organization of file directories.

Answer 2

Put the one with which you are more or less familiar. It's all the same, just from different angles.
It is better to look for server builds: everything superfluous has been removed, all the necessary packages have been added.
Many people recommend debian (it's very stable). I use it myself in production.

Answer 3

I was advised here Ubuntu LTS.
Since then, I switched to it everywhere - the flight is excellent.

Answer 4

Ubuntu/debian of your choice. Stability, terms of support.
Dependencies can also be handled with aptitude