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How much control do you have over the configuration?  It's possible to
import only cerntain packages from advanced distrobutions
(debian-testing).  My company runs about 750 Production servers on
Debian 3.0.  It's been rock solid for us, I wouldn't change it.


Thus spake John Wells (jb at sourceillustrated.com):

> Guys,
> 
> As I mentioned, I'm considering using a VPS to host a number of accounts I
> have.  The operating system options are RH9, Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2,
> Debian 3.0, or CentOS.
> 
> I'm very familiar with the Red Hat way of doing things, but have switched
> in the last 6 months to Debian-based (Ubuntu, UserLinux) systems on the
> desktop and have become very enamored with apt (yes, RH has apt4rpm, but
> package selection is often limited).
> 
> So, long story short, I'm considering going with Debian 3.0 as my server
> platform. However, I know Debian is notorious for slow adoption of
> technology and is typically running many versions behind RH for most
> software.
> 
> Do any of you have thoughts along these lines?  Would you recommend
> Debian?  Any reason you would recommend NOT using Debian?
> 
> Thanks, as always!
> 
> John
> 
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