Operating system for production use¶

depreciated Operating system for new systems but still in use¶

outdated Operation system¶

CentOS 5.x¶

CentOS is used as server operating system.

CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by RedHat Inc.. CentOS conforms fully with RedHats redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to RedHat branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.

http://keihsler.com/dokuwiki/barn/public/doku.php?id=vbip:software:operatingsystem:centos5

Fedora 18¶

Fedora is used as desktop and experimental server operating system.

Fedora is a short lifecycle state of the art operating system. RedHat Enterprise Linux is derived from Fedora. Fedora is free.

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