Is Centos Better Than Debian?
Contents Centos Debian Centos Is More Stable and Supported by a Large Community Debian Has Relatively Less Market Preference. Mission-Critical Servers Are...
| CentOS | Debian |
|---|---|
| CentOS is more stable and supported by a large community | Debian has relatively less market preference. |
| Mission-critical servers are hosted on CentOS. | Ubuntu is fast catching up. A lot of people are betting on it. |
Who should use CentOS?
If you are a business owner: CentOS is the ideal choice between the two if you run a business because it’s (arguably) securer and more stable than Ubuntu, owing to the lesser frequency of its updates.
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Is CentOS good for home use?
CentOS is stable. It’s stable because it runs libraries past the phase where they are in development/early use. The big problem in CentOS will be running non-repo software. Software will first have to be distributed in the right format – CentOS, RedHat and Fedora use RPMs not DPKG.
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