This is an article by Steven J. Vaughan-Williams on how CentOS is the most popular Linux for web servers (It's basically a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux). One thing I did not like what he said in this article is to imply that only people that need hand-holding uses Red Hat. This is total balderdash as large enterprise systems use Red Hat subscriptions for mission critical applications where patches are delivered within a day and are certified guaranteed. I am a CentOS user, on my own server and this also what the TayLUG web site runs on (I would never pay for Red Hat as I don't run mission critical stuff). The patches are not certified (never had any problem here) and it takes about 5-7 days for them to appear (no problem again as a proprietary software company only issues patches once a month for their systems) I think CentOS is really great but I do wish authors would clarify the difference between free and supported server systems and why they are used, this would also apply to Ubuntu Server Edition where it is free and also has paid support services and has nothing really to do with expertise of administrators.<br>
<br><a href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/16596/the_most_popular_web_server_linux_is">http://blogs.computerworld.com/16596/the_most_popular_web_server_linux_is</a><br><br>Gordon<br>