OS options on purchase

**Neil** · September 21st, 2007, 5:55 PM

Just been looking at picking up a dedicated and the pages list debian etc. as available but the selections on the forms do not.
Can someone please confirm what OS's are actually available and for what packages/servers.
Also, anyone use auto update?

Thanks.

Not sure if anyone would prefer this to be in the pre-purchase area as it does not show as a new post otherwise....

**removed** · September 21st, 2007, 6:26 PM

We can set up Debian for you. Just go ahead and submit a ticket to sales, and they'll get it taken care of for you.

CazBandit · September 25th, 2007, 4:54 PM

Out of the OS options available which is the best choice as far as being the most secure? Are they all good making it just a personal preference?

Thanks,
Chad

**removed** · September 25th, 2007, 5:02 PM

Most major distributions should work just fine. We recommend CentOS since this is what we run on all shared and reseller hosting servers.

snide · September 28th, 2007, 9:34 AM

Every distribution has its individual merits. Mostly it comes down to personal preference. Security is mostly up to you.

Go with the CentOS option because as Removed said they are most experienced with CentOS.

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Neil Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Oct 2004 Lives in UK 356 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 13 times	OS options on purchase Just been looking at picking up a dedicated and the pages list debian etc. as available but the selections on the forms do not. Can someone please confirm what OS's are actually available and for what packages/servers. Also, anyone use auto update? Thanks. Not sure if anyone would prefer this to be in the pre-purchase area as it does not show as a new post otherwise.... __________________ D17/D21/P59/P62/VPSX - "Faith can move mountains" (Faiths a big girl....) - I'm not paranoid, I know they are out to get me! Last edited by Neil; September 21st, 2007 at 6:01 PM.

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removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX Hosted on NONE 7,794 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 277 times	We can set up Debian for you. Just go ahead and submit a ticket to sales, and they'll get it taken care of for you. __________________ Unofficial IRC Channel: #surpass EFNet Unofficial = No official support. Support requests can be submitted to our helpdesk.

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removed Surpass Abuse Admin Super #1 Joined in Mar 2005 Lives in Houston, TX Hosted on NONE 7,794 posts Gave thanks: 10 Thanked 277 times	Most major distributions should work just fine. We recommend CentOS since this is what we run on all shared and reseller hosting servers. __________________ Unofficial IRC Channel: #surpass EFNet Unofficial = No official support. Support requests can be submitted to our helpdesk.

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snide Registered User Super #1 Joined in Jul 2003 Lives in So. NJ 1,557 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 9 times	Every distribution has its individual merits. Mostly it comes down to personal preference. Security is mostly up to you. Go with the CentOS option because as Removed said they are most experienced with CentOS. __________________ Dime13 \| Pass17

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CazBandit Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Aug 2006 70 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 2 times	Out of the OS options available which is the best choice as far as being the most secure? Are they all good making it just a personal preference? Thanks, Chad

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