RedHat vs Debian : Administrative Point of View

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Ravi Saive
Oct 14, 2013

There are hundreds of Linux distributions available, for free (in the other sense). Every Linux Enthusiast has a special taste for certain distribution, at some point of time. The taste for specific distribution largely depends upon the intended area of application. Some the famous Linux distributions and its area of application are listed below. Well this article aims to compare RedHat (Fedora, CentOS) and Debian (Ubuntu) from an administrator point of view.

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Ravi Saive

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