CentOS anyone?

**ps2chiper** · 7th March, 2009, 10:37 PM

I've been using ubuntu for over a year and never tried anything else. I have read that CentOS is really fast for servers. I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience with CentOS?

**caveman_nige** · 7th March, 2009, 11:01 PM

never heard of it to be honest, when i need to put linux on a server i tend to use Suse... Is it a gui server version?

**alunfennell** · 8th March, 2009, 08:00 PM

I have been using Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 5 and have introduced it my work recently I have found this to be a very fine OS, Never had hands on experience with CentOS but I believe CentOS 3.3 is a good Red Hat server alternative, It would be down to the support you get for each OS which would derterman the one you might use.

Regards:
Alun

**cimi1234** · 12th March, 2009, 12:08 AM

I run my email server for years on CentOs and it is very stable.

**Devilfish** · 12th March, 2009, 12:41 AM

I think CentOS is more for servers rather than workstations. The Digital Kaos server runs on CentOS 5.2.

I've read that Debian is the easiest to work with but I found Ubuntu very user friendly.

**ps2chiper** · 12th March, 2009, 08:21 AM

Thats exactly what I want it for. Back in America they Have 20mb fiber optics for servers for about 250 usd a month. When I go back home. I would like to invest into my own private server instead of using others. So I wanted to get personal advice about cent os as I hear it is really good for servers.

**Devilfish** · 12th March, 2009, 08:30 AM

That is extortionate. You can get servers on 100mb lines for way less than that.

**grizzlyt** · 12th March, 2009, 11:02 AM

CentOS is a recompilation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

I guess it's compatible with the corporate version of Suse too.

I would go with the server Version of Ubuntu, because you can have all the new stuff really quick and there is an easy way to upgrade the whole system without installing everything all over again.

The support of Ubuntu is excellent too and you have long term support if you want.

**ps2chiper** · 12th March, 2009, 11:37 AM

With my own 20mb line. I will have as many servers as I want.

**alunfennell** · 12th March, 2009, 02:41 PM

Well thats what most people do ! they rent out server space to others to cover the out right cost of hosting it themselves and make a small profit in return,

Regards:
Alun

**ps2chiper** · 12th March, 2009, 05:46 PM

I wouldn't rent my out. I want to keep them for my own business. If anyone has some guides about profession Centos servers, I would love to take a look at them to learn more.

**alunfennell** · 13th March, 2009, 01:14 AM

The Perfect Setup - CentOS 5.0 (32-bit) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Regards:
Alun

**ps2chiper** · 13th March, 2009, 10:54 PM

I seen that before. Do you have any guides like that on cpanel by chance?

**deangreen4** · 16th March, 2009, 07:26 PM

Centos is ok, but keep in mind you will end up compiling a lot more stuff than if you used Ubuntu.
Centos is the distro used for Trixbox and it is fantastic for that.

For a general server, I would install Ubuntu server 8.10 anytime.