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The differences among Fedora, RedHat, CentOS and other Linux

Mar 28, 2016 12:11AM PDT

The differences among Fedora, RedHat, CentOS and other Linux based OS?

What server do you use for your business? I am confused with various solution's available. The differences among Fedora, RedHat, CentOS and other Linux based OS? We provide training for students and also provide assistance in their projects. But I don’t know which kind Configuration of the server I need . The differences among Fedora, RedHat, CentOS and other Linux based OS?Please let me know the differences. does anyone have personal experience with them?
And which one is best for me?

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keep eye out for another post
Mar 28, 2016 8:49AM PDT

It's caught in filters for now, maybe too many links.

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Maybe without the http parts?
Mar 28, 2016 8:53AM PDT

"Best quick info on all those are at (web link) www.distrowatch.com

Redhat is Enterprise type software. Their home user desktop version is Fedora (a type of hat, as in a red fedora). There are main lines or forks of Linux such as Debian, Slackware, Redhat being the main trunks. CentOS is a fork from Redhat, but Fedora is better known, more popular, and direct input from Redhat itself. Among Debian trunk the most popular is currently the various Ubuntu versions and those based on Ubuntu such as Mint, Zorin. Suse is one of the best know forks from the Slackware trunk. Software is added as "packages" and each main trunk uses it's own package manager program such as Synaptic for Debian, RPM with YUM for redhat, YAST I think is for Slackware based distros, but there's some sharing between those two trunks on packages I think.

(web link) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution"

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Maybe without the http parts?
Mar 28, 2016 8:55AM PDT

"Best quick info on all those are at (web link) www.distrowatch.com

Redhat is Enterprise type software. Their home user desktop version is Fedora (a type of hat, as in a red fedora). There are main lines or forks of Linux such as (web link) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Linux_Distribution_Timeline_with_Android.svg]Debian, Slackware, Redhat being the main trunks. CentOS is a fork from Redhat, but Fedora is better known, more popular, and direct input from Redhat itself. Among Debian trunk the most popular is currently the various Ubuntu versions and those based on Ubuntu such as Mint, Zorin. Suse is one of the best know forks from the Slackware trunk. Software is added as "packages" and each main trunk uses it's own package manager program such as Synaptic for Debian, RPM with YUM for redhat, YAST I think is for Slackware based distros, but there's some sharing between those two trunks on packages I think.

(web link) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution"

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yes, that's my post
Mar 28, 2016 9:07AM PDT

this filtering is getting tiresome.

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For me it's all the same soup.
Mar 28, 2016 8:03AM PDT

Just a few months ago I had a small server project and I installed over 10 Linux distros and frankly they didn't feel much different from one to the one.

So much so I'll write that this is like a bunch of bananas. One's got a spot there, a bruise there and next week they'll be green or ready to eat.

Since the versions change over time, differences will too but for me, it came down to which supported the little Intel NUC's hardware and when that happened I was done.

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various linux distros
Mar 28, 2016 8:35AM PDT

Best quick info on all those are at http://www.distrowatch.com

Redhat is Enterprise type software. Their home user desktop version is Fedora (a type of hat, as in a red fedora). There are main lines or forks of Linux such as Debian, Slackware, Redhat being the main trunks. CentOS is a fork from Redhat, but Fedora is better known, more popular, and direct input from Redhat itself. Among Debian trunk the most popular is currently the various Ubuntu versions and those based on Ubuntu such as Mint, Zorin. Suse is one of the best know forks from the Slackware trunk. Software is added as "packages" and each main trunk uses it's own package manager program such as Synaptic for Debian, RPM with YUM for redhat, YAST I think is for Slackware based distros, but there's some sharing between those two trunks on packages I think.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution

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It's not so hard question to ask
Jun 9, 2016 11:47AM PDT

While there are tons of various Linux distributions around I can say that you can pick two main branches: Debian-based distributions (Ubuntu for example) and RedHat based (CentOS).

They're sort of standard right now, and your students have to learn at least one of them, both preferably.

Both Debian and RedHat are similar in many ways although they have their differences.
The differences mostly affect system scripts, some command syntax, software installing processes, system configuration filenames, etc.

I'm using Debian on my servers, but that's strictly personal. Many guys are using CentOS and even more are using Ubuntu LTS.

My personal opinion is that you should have experience with both RedHat/CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu if you have to work with the Linux servers as a professional today.