Preferred server OS?

Whoops I meant distro not OS.

Windows Server 2016

>>60688423
Windows Server 2016
2012 R2 is also okay, but nano server is awesome

Linux always. I don't consider Windows "Server" 2016 to be a server OS. It's pretty much just an optimized Windows 10 with some extra features.
Probably CentOS or Debian depending on whether or not the server is accessible from the WAN.

>>60688423
Windows Server 2008 R2

>>60688534
Why are you still stuck on that?

>>60688594
Its the domain controller at my organization

>>60688624
Oh. That makes sense.

>>60688713
https://datahoarder.eieidoh.net/msdn/
Log in with your developer credentials here

i just use ubungu

In choosing between only those two - debian. If you need rhel for free just use centos, fedora is redhat playground for free alpha/beta testing.

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>>60688468
So windows is not an option then...

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>>60688713
>tfw student

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>>60688756
https://imagine.microsoft.com/en-us/about/LicenseAgreement
>Your Subscription will provide you with access to certain Subscription Benefits expressly intended to support your education or teaching, non-commercial research, or efforts to design, develop, test, and demonstrate software applications for the above purposes.
Compliance with intended use is a requirement in copyright law. Enjoy your useless license.

>>60688768
>tfw used license to learn how to administer a Windows domain among other things

I don't know if "useless" is the correct word

>>60688833
"your education or teaching, non-commercial research"
Is that your education? Nope. I can't think of a single uni offering "system administration".
Is that teaching? Nope, you're a student.
Is that non-commercial research? Nope, nothing's getting published.

>>60688423
For a server I'd say the choice should be

Debian or CentOS

and my personal preference is CentOS but that is, quite frankly, more of a habit than a logical and well-reasoned choice since I've used it as my primary server-OS for a decade.

Fedora is an alternative if you have your server locally and you can take some or a lot of downtime. If you're talking about some personal home NAS server or something like that then it's probably a better choice than CentOS.

>>60688867
Oh

>>60688867
pretty useful to me desu

>>60688742
Windows is never an option.

>>60688768

>"""""Self-learning"""""

>>60688423
Ubuntu because Debian's kernel is old as fuck and doesn't support SMT with ryzen.

centos, because i don't really have a choice.

Install Gentoo

>>60688528
>Probably CentOS or Debian depending on whether or not the server is accessible from the WAN.

Which one when?

>>60688423
FreeBSD

>>60688528
It's not a server OS unless you can install it without GUI

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>>60690808
What if I don't touch the mouse and tab around?

>>60688423
CentOS for a server as it mirrors RHEL. Fedora is the beta test line.
Else, Ubuntu LTS would be a top choice.

>>60688594
I still run SBS 2003

>>60688423
Debian for a private server kind of thing. ignore people talking about outdated packages and kernels, they have obviously never heard of jessie-backports.

Temple OS

>>60688423
Nobody uses Fedora for servers.
I would suggest you to wait for the next stable release of Debian in a few weeks and go with it. I am using Debian right now.
Some people I know use Nix, Void, CentOS and Guix for servers.

>>60688423
OpenBSD or FreeBSD