Which OS does your vB instance run on?

[Floris]

Poll created: Saturday; May 17, 2008. Last Updated: Saturday; May 17, 2008 (5:47 PM)

This thread is for vBulletin owners who want to share which operating system (Linux, Mac, Windows..) they run on. I are getting a lot of questions from users who are interested to find out, and perhaps this poll can give them a good impression.

Note: Please vote, but if your OS is not listed then leave a reply and I will update the poll (after which you can vote on it). I will state clearly at the top of this post when I last updated the poll.

I have made the poll multiple choice since there are a few of us who run both shared hosting, vps and dedicated servers for a few of our vB powered sites.

[RichM]

Used to run on RHEL 4 when we had a dedicated server, but now it's running on CentOS. - Not by choice though.

[Jobe1986]

I currently run mine on FreeBSD 6.1 but am migrating to FreeBSD 7.0 for various reasons.

[SNN]

I mainly run my hosting service on a CentOS 5 VPS. Running two vBulletins on it at the moment (one license, another friend has new license)

[Chousho]

I would almost consider RHEL and CentOS to be the same thing.

Also, Fedora 9 is now out, and I wouldn't even hesitate to say it blows Ubuntu out of the water.

One important one that shouldn't be forgotten is OpenBSD. After all, where would we be without their hard work? Using pretty crappy SSH tools, that's where, haha.

As well, don't forget Gentoo (since that's pretty much the majority of what my host runs, along with some RHEL boxes, I think).

[yogesh]

Got a Centos 5x powered VPS, earlier I had a reseller account on a Centos powered server. Pretty satisfied with Centos's performance, currently the VPS is up for over 38 days without a reboot.

[1996 328ti]

Linux CENTOS Enterprise 4.6

[The_Sisko]

SUSE Linux 10.1

[Steve Machol]

CENTOS Enterprise 4.6 i686

[Floris]

I got my sites on dedicated box centos5 32bit and runs pretty smooth. I am in doubt if I should have gone with ubuntu though.

[Floris]

Linux CENTOS Enterprise 4.6and
CENTOS Enterprise 4.6 i686CentOS Enterprise Linux, Version 4 <-- added to the poll.

[Floris]

SUSE Linux 10.1
Added ;)

[Floris]

I would almost consider RHEL and CentOS to be the same thing.

Also, Fedora 9 is now out, and I wouldn't even hesitate to say it blows Ubuntu out of the water.

One important one that shouldn't be forgotten is OpenBSD. After all, where would we be without their hard work? Using pretty crappy SSH tools, that's where, haha.

As well, don't forget Gentoo (since that's pretty much the majority of what my host runs, along with some RHEL boxes, I think).
I want to add more, but the poll only appears to allow 13 items.. I 've for now set fedora 8 to fedora 8 or 9.

[Mez]

Ubuntu 6 or 7 Server Edition
Ubuntu 8 Server Edition

Er, there are generally 2 releases per year

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 'Dapper Drake'
Ubuntu 6.10 'Edgy Eft'
Ubuntu 7.04 'Feisty Fawn'
Ubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon'
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 'Hardy Heron'

That's 5 versions you've merged down into two options

[Floris]

With only 13 poll options and 75 versions of distributions, one has to make sacrifices.

[Chillyware]

forks fine on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5

[rellek]

Well... I clicked Fedora.

Actually it's a Red Hat 7 (updated of course), but that was not offered :)

[David Grove]

My site runs on a custom Debian 3.1 setup (not in the poll, so I haven't voted).

[siutao]

CentOS Enterprise Linux, Version 4

[Paul M]

Fedora 4

[yogesh]

Looks like CentOS is the flavor majority loves

[uberjon]

im not sure to be honest! :o probably centos knowing my host (his favorite distro) anyone got a command i can run in SSH lol

[David Grove]

im not sure to be honest! :o probably centos knowing my host (his favorite distro) anyone got a command i can run in SSH lol
cat /proc/version or uname -a usually works.

[Chousho]

cat /proc/version or uname -a usually works.
That works, but also usually shows the abbreviated version.
You could do
cat /etc/issue
or try
ls /etc/ | grep release

[DefenceTalk]

CENTOS Enterprise 5 i686

[SAT2M]

Hi
between fedora & centos which one of them is good?

[chitchatter]

Wow, RedHat & Co. seem to be far ahead of the rest.

I am a die hard FreeBSD fan.

[Hayk]

RedHat CentOS 4.2

[l SKN l CHRIS]

I've run my forum on Debian, CentOS, and Free BSD.

[lovely_vin]

my vb is currently on Windows 2003 server

[Quillz]

I believe my host uses Linux, though I'm sure of the exact flavor. If I had to guess, I'd imagine it'd be Red Hat or SuSE.

[ac1d1dty]

all i know is thats its linux..

[Cromulent]

Using a Linux based server at the moment, but if and when I ever need a dedicated server to myself I'll be ditching Linux (rejoice, rejoice!) and getting OpenBSD installed on it.

[royo]

Using a Linux based server at the moment, but if and when I ever need a dedicated server to myself I'll be ditching Linux (rejoice, rejoice!) and getting OpenBSD installed on it.

How come?

[Sergio68]

I installed CentOS, perfect, I'm very satisfied ;)
I'm quite curious about details on Mac Servers, costs, performances....

[Cromulent]

How come?

A) Linux is a huge install by default.
B) OpenBSD is one of, if not the most secure operating systems available (with the default install)
C) OpenBSD has some of the best documentation available for it in terms of man pages and the like
D) It offers fantastic features for firewall redundancy built in (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html)
E) Predictable release cycle
F) The Apache supplied with OpenBSD is chrooted by default

probably a few more but I can't think of them at the moment.


I installed CentOS, perfect, I'm very satisfied ;)
I'm quite curious about details on Mac Servers, costs, performances....

Not worth it and I'm an avid Mac fan. Just install one of the BSDs (Open, Free or Net) and you'll have basically the same features for free.

[Chousho]

A) Linux is a huge install by default.
B) OpenBSD is one of, if not the most secure operating systems available (with the
I would definitely agree with B. With the amount of auditing they do on the code, it's no suprise.
I'm a bit confused on A. You can pick what packages you install for Linux, so unless you're doing a default install (which I wouldn't recommend for servers), you can customize it to use only what you specifically choose.

I'm definitely an OpenBSD fan, even though I am a Linux user. The excellent work on OpenSSH and the overall idea of security is very important. So, while I might not exactly like some of the comments de Raadt says, I have to commend him on having and producing such an excellent work.

[Cromulent]

I'm a bit confused on A. You can pick what packages you install for Linux, so unless you're doing a default install (which I wouldn't recommend for servers), you can customize it to use only what you specifically choose.

True, but even a customised version of Ubuntu server would not sit well for me. The only Linux distro I would consider for a server would be Debian. It seems to be one of the few that truly takes a stand on stability and correctness.

Without getting into a religious war I also have issues with the GPL and associated licenses, another reason I'm in favour of OpenBSD which attempts to use code with the BSD license whenever possible.

[choppers4life]

My personal on runs on Centos 5. I recommend that to our clients also. Vbulletin seems to work better on it.

[cheat-master30]

As far as I know, it uses a Linux based server, although I haven't checked the exact Linux OS in use or asked my host.

[DDIG]

I voted Fedora Release 8 or 9

It is Release 6 actually but that wasn't a poll option

[Vindictive]

CentOS 5

[spiegelj]

i just ordered vps my host gave me choice of what os i wanted and what control panel all for free included with my vps

I chose Centos 5 and cpanel my vps also includes litespeed

[MrJosh]

CentOS Enterprise Linux for me :)

[rolypoly]

Currently on centos 5..

[MARCO1]

CentOS Enterprise Linux, Version 5

[PitchouneN64ngc]

CentOS too (before June 25th 2008, FC4).

[Orien]

CentOS 5

[Floris]

CentOS 5
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[Otis]

I asked our host and we are on CentOS5...haven't had any problems in the 6 months we've been with them

[HasanSheriff]

Windows Server 2008 64 bit - Dedicated vB Server
vB 3.7.4 PL1
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL 5.0.67

[superjeff]

CentOS 5 from this month :)

[Ryan Ashbrook]

My vBulletin runs on CentOS 4.7 Dedicated Server, and the Audentio forums are running on a CentOS 5.2 VPS.

[James-A]

Dedicated Server Linux CentOS 5 :)

[Voltar]

CentOS 5.2 & FreeBSD 7.0

[James-A]

Linux CentOS seems to be the true winner. :)

[Mephisteus]

Don't suppose we can change votes, I switched from CentOS to Debian :p

[blagoj]

CentOS 5 enterprise