What Linux distro are you using for your servers ?

#1

Post by mhidalgo » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:10 AM UTC

Just curious to see what the most popular linux os the ycombinator community is using to launch their sites.

Re: What Linux distro are you using for your servers ?

#2

Post by robmnl » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:22 AM UTC

Usually debian, security patches are regular. Cons: packages can be a bit old.

#3

Post by agranig » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:28 AM UTC

robmnl wrote: post #2

Usually debian, security patches are regular. Cons: packages can be a bit old.

Which might not be a problem for servers in most cases.

#4

Post by bayareaguy » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:32 AM UTC

rPath ( http://www.rpath.com/corp/ ) with custom patches.

#5

Post by kirubakaran » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:34 AM UTC

Debian Stable

#6

Post by cperciva » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:34 AM UTC

FreeBSD. (Ok, not a linux distribution, but it's an alternative to using a linux distribution.)

#7

Post by fedoramadera » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:38 AM UTC

Fedora core 8 Solaris Ubuntu

#8

Post by ivankirigin » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:41 AM UTC

Ubuntu 7.10 server

#9

Post by ezmobius » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:42 AM UTC

Gentoo all the way.

#10

Post by icky » Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 1:52 AM UTC

fedoramadera wrote: post #7

Fedora core 8 Solaris Ubuntu

Why the heterogeneous environment?