Favorite OS for your VPSes?

[vpsnewb]

Curious what your favorite operating system for your VPSes is and why. Assuming you're not relying on a control panel that is bound to a specific OS (Like cPanel), what OS do you usually choose and why?

I've always been a fan of Debian, though I can't really say why. I just like it.

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

Been using Debian for a little over 16 years.  Won't touch Windows if I can help it.  Only other OS I'll use regularly is Gentoo.

 

[Mun]

debian

 

[Kris]

CentOS - Started working / learning Linux on servers with RH 6 and RH 7. By the time Red Hat went commercial I was too fimiliar with the OS.. Then CentOS came out, started using that ~ 2005.

 

[acd]

Debian on anything I plan on touching inappropriately. FreeBSD on anything micro/single purpose. Desktops tend toward gentoo.

 

[nunim]

LEB always seemed like a Debian based community probably because it runs so well on a small vps.


Been running solely Debian for awhile now.

 

[mikho]

for VPS I use Debian, even if I'm mostly working with Windows in my day job.

 

[NodeBytes]

Centos/Debian/Ubuntu - Depends what I'm doing with it and what I need out of it.

 

[D. Strout]

LEB always seemed like a Debian based community probably because it runs so well on a small vps.

Very similar, but I use Ubuntu. All the advantages, but with more frequent releases and more up-to-date software. I've tried Debian, but I found that certain little inconsistencies kept bothering me, so I switched back. I originally started using Ubuntu on the desktop, so I was familiar with the commands when I started using VPSes.

 

[wdq]

I use a mix of Debian and Ubuntu systems on my servers primarily because I am most familiar with them because I ran Ubuntu on one of my desktops at home for a couple of years. 

 

[DaringHost]

I've been using CentOS since the beginning and it's definitely my favorite. The runner up would be Ubuntu though, since I do use it on one of my desktops.

 

[fusa]

Ubuntu for desktops, CentOS/Debian for servers

 

[Tux]

Pure-bred Debian. Server and desktop.

Less tech-savvy family use Apple products ( ), Ubuntu and/or Winblow$.

 

[arieonline]

vote for Debian

 

[drmike]

+1 for Debian.

 

[texteditor]

Debian, just like on everything else

 

[thuvienvps]

Debian 6 32 bit Minimal, sometimes Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32 bit

 

[bigcat]

My vote goes to Ubuntu, simply because when I started using Linux some 7 years ago, Ubuntu community was really helpful with tutorial and guidance. Let just say I feel like home when using it. But Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS is compulsory template when I'm shopping for VPS.

 

[wlanboy]

Ubuntu LTS. I do not want to switch between different Linux distributions. One os for all latoops and vps.

 

[eva2000]

CentOS (for obvious reasons ) and Oracle Linux