Hi,
Personally I use Fedora 14 and CentOS 5.5. I've used RHEL 5.x and am yet
to test RHEL 6. I use Fedora, for desktops and CentOS for my servers. I find
CentOS/RHEL to be more stable than many other distros. Fedora and RHEL are both
funded by Redhat. In short, Fedora is the testbed for RHEL. Usually, Fedora is
the bleeding edge software, so tends to be unstable. It is supported with
updates for 13 months, and is released every 6 months. So, it gives you the
option of skipping 1 release. It has community support.
RHEL is the mature Fedora, after bug-fixing. It is currently the industry
standard Enterprise Linux solution. It has extended support upto 10 years, and
a new release is launched every 2-3 years. It is highly stable, and geared
towards the industry, with extensive virtualization support. Redhat primarily
makes money by supporting RHEL. Don't expect to use the latest version of
Open/Libre Office or Firefox, if you're using RHEL.
CentOS/Scientific Linux is just a redhat branding stripped version of RHEL. It
lags behind RHEL by a couple of moths. It's also very stable.
With Regards,
--Kumaran R
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