Debian 5 vs CentOS 5.3

[Hyperz]

Simple question. I'm getting a VPS and I need to choose between these 2. I only have experience with Debian 5 and I know for a fact that it's a very stable and reliable distro. On the other hand I pretty much know nothing about CentOS. So, I need to know which one to pick for a small VPS.

Which one do you think is the better choice?
Also please provide valid arguments, not "this/that FTW!", thanks .

Hyperz Reviewed by Hyperz on 5th Oct 2009. Debian 5 vs CentOS 5.3 Simple question. I'm getting a VPS and I need to choose between these 2. I only have experience with Debian 5 and I know for a fact that it's a very stable and reliable distro. On the other hand I pretty much know nothing about CentOS. So, I need to know which one to pick for a small VPS. Which one do you think is the better choice? Also please provide valid arguments, not "this/that FTW!", thanks :). Rating: 5

[desiboy]

Debian is the best OS for small /medium vps
for more details visit this
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/yes-yo...mb-link-1-vps/

go with lenny if you dont plan to use any panel
and centos 5.x if you are planning to use any control panel

[Hyperz]

Thanks for that link desiboy .

[Mac]

Personally I always go with CentOS, got used to it + it's compatible with basically every panel out there.

[Hyperz]

"it's compatible with basically every panel out there"

Debian isn't?

[desiboy]

Debain is compatible with all panels out there

[Mac]

"it's compatible with basically every panel out there"

Debian isn't?

I thought cPanel wasnt

(officially ofcourse)

[Danny.M]

debian is not documented to run cpanel - but ive done it before


Go with debian, cant beat lightweight debian + lighttpd/fastcgi ^^


or possibly freebsd if you have the choice ports FTW

[trapboyjack]

When I first started using VPS's I went with the familiar Ubuntu distro on it, realized how "HEAVY"/ resource consuming Ubuntu was and decided to try out Cent OS, CentOS very stable and reliabe I fell in love with Centos hostinabox, the great thing about CentOS is theirs all sorts of support online related to/with centos and is pretty moderate with its consumption of resources, O BTW kloxo/lxadmin is a favorite of mine

[yais]

i always go for centos, comes down to personal preference.