I am about to set up a cloud instance with linux operating system, and the common choice here normally would be ubuntu. But since they failed their newest release, and I have the option of going fedora or debian. What would you guys recommend for server?
Debian would be the most obvious choice. Perhaps Alma is also a good option. If you would like a european option, OpenSUSE leap can also do the job.
Professional Server grade distro, would probably be either Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or OpenSUSE Enterprise Linux.
For my personal homelab server I run Arch Linux, but I wouldn’t do it in an enterprise.
openSUSE is sadly not an option at scaleway. Otherwise it wasn’t a choice xD
My AI says I should always choose Debian 12 (last stabel) instead of 13 (latest build). Is this still a thing? Not hosting applications that needs to be reliably run on latest builds?
I think there are many right answers, and in the end it’s dependent on your personal likings. I am self-hosting using Fedora, and I couldn’t be happier.
Best fit is always dependent on how you’re planning to use it. Find out what your requirements before you set up a server.
Generally Debian is chosen very often, but I’d wager pretty much any distro will do. Your own experience goes a long way in making a distro a good choice.
Which one has the biggest repositpry libruary off the bat? It’s a GUI-less server. So no browser downloading of .deb files anyways.
arch linux btw
Debian & Alma of course!
how common is ubuntu on servers?
At my workplace 95% is running ubuntu. Those servers that doesn’t, are running crappy Microsoft server, and those are just because the applications weren’t yet running on linux, but everything does now, so I gues they will switch to ubuntu very shortly.
Can’t say anything for professional use, but debian is rock solid, always a strong choice for servers.
I personally favour Alpine Linux for its minimalism, but Devuan or Debian are fine, and more familiar choices, too. Depending on what you intend to run, especially appliance-like things, OpenBSD might be a good alternative.
I’ve used rocky Linux on a couple of boxes and it’s been very good to me though I’ve since rationalised everything to Debian for the sake of simplifying my setup.
