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  1. Re:All CentOS, but no RHEL by hughesjr · · Score: 1 · on Duqu Attackers Managed to Wipe C&C Servers

    Because CentOS is used more than any other linux server on the Internet maybe:

    w3techs web usage

  2. Re:What a waste of time .... by Snowhare · · Score: 1 · on CentOS Linux 6.0 Released

    1) That report is a year old (July 2010). The current numbers are revealing.

    2) Installed base is not the same as trend. There are more installed Windows XP systems in the world than Windows 7 systems. That doesn't mean XP is 'winning' the desktop OS.

    3) W3Techs shows CentOS's market share hit its peak at about 10 or 11% of web sites, not 30%. The 30% number was the fraction of Linux web servers, not all web servers.

    4) Since about Oct. 2010 CentOS has lost market share (dropped to circa 9%).

    5) Ubuntu is growing much faster than anyone else is.

  3. Re:What a waste of time .... by Snowhare · · Score: 1 · on CentOS Linux 6.0 Released

    1) That report is a year old (July 2010). The current numbers are revealing.

    2) Installed base is not the same as trend. There are more installed Windows XP systems in the world than Windows 7 systems. That doesn't mean XP is 'winning' the desktop OS.

    3) W3Techs shows CentOS's market share hit its peak at about 10 or 11% of web sites, not 30%. The 30% number was the fraction of Linux web servers, not all web servers.

    4) Since about Oct. 2010 CentOS has lost market share (dropped to circa 9%).

    5) Ubuntu is growing much faster than anyone else is.

  4. Re:Unstable by mijelh · · Score: 1 · on Ubuntu Unity: The Great Divider

    Ubuntu generally has better packages than Fedora/RHEL/Centos

    CentOS is the most popular linux distro for servers, so you'll have no problems finding good packages for it.
    BTW I never used Ubuntu for servers, but I can't really think of a reason against doing so.

  5. As Ozzie would say by celtic_hackr · · Score: 1 · on Why Debian Matters More Than Ever

    Who the Fuck is Steven Vaughan-Nichols?

    I have run Debian based systems for a very long time. Mepis, Mint, Kubuntu, and on and on. On my server, it's just pure straight stable Debian. I did, at one point have to compromise slightly on that for PHP5, IIRC. It can be frustrating running pure stable Debian. Unstable Debian can be just as frustrating. Hence the need for third party Debian based distros. If it wasn't for Debian's crazy release schedule and placement of code in unstable or testing when it really needs to be in stable, there would be little need for the alternatives. Heck if Debian came out with a "Best of Debian" branch they'd probably kill most of the need for the Debian based distros.

    I've used them all, and just like debian based more. Started with Slackware, went to RH and then Mandrake, then Debian - after that it becomes a blur. Even tried Corel Linux, LFS, Gentoo, DSL. Lastly, I tried building my own. But then I discovered Mepis, and Mint and Ubuntu variants. When Mepis went quiet, I switched to Mint. Tried Ubuntu, but hated it - for some reason.

    Now of course this was a comment made by perhaps the most successful troll in the IT world, Mr. Nichols. So what can we really expect. This is what you get when you feed trolls too much. But using the closest thing we have to track Linux distribution, Distrowatch, Mr Nichols means if you're' not in the top three you're just not as important anymore. Then of course, you have the fact that Debian based distros control over 40% of the webserver market, [+ RH based ~92%]. I guess that's not important either.