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Non-Red Hat Linux Hosting?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-those-who-prefer-spirals dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Well, my web host is down again, so I thought I'd ask the Slashdot faithful if they can recommend any GNU/Linux based hosting sites (preferably virtual servers) running distributions besides Red Hat. I know this has been covered in the past, but it seems everyone uses Red Hat, and I'm a Debian type person. Anyone out there have a host they can recommend?"

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  1. Does it really matter? by OutRigged · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I know there are differences between the two distros, but are there any differences that warrant a preference over one or the other? Is Debian faster performance wise, compared to Redhat?

    Or is this a whole matter of personal preference?

    --
    RaGe
    We're all just noise on the wires..
    1. Re:Does it really matter? by m0rph3us0 · · Score: 4, Informative

      Heh, shared hosting servers are a cess pool of insecurity generally, infact most admins fail to recognize that in a shared hosting environment local exploits become remote exploits because lots of users put plainly dumb scripts on a server. Thus, admins fail to patch local security problems, and voila people have root.

  2. Not the distro by mnordstr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Well, my web host is down again"

    It's not the distro that's failing, it's either the sysadmin or the network. (or perhaps the hardware)

  3. Red Hat versus Debian? by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always make sure to choose my web hosts based on hair or eye color of the sys admin. I don't like people with the letter 'D' in their name. Also, the shirt style is a big deal to me.

    I can tell that you are a discerning person, just like me.

  4. It's all about the apt-get MAN! by Vodak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It could very well be your web hosting company's system administrators not doing their job. It could be some little script kiddie playing bad games on your hosting company. It could even be your ISP that won't let you connect to your host. All of these things have nothing to do with it being Redhat or not.

    Why choose Debian over Redhat? does it give you some nifty little feature? Hell yeah. apt-get r0x. Should your hosting company install Debian over Redhat simply because it has apt-get? HELL NO