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Most probably customize the base distributions, but I was wondering which one is more popular among most startups...RHEL, ubuntu, fedora, centos..etc ?
ace
Posted 2010-10-11T20:34:31.573
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Which Linux distribution does Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit use?
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I think I read somewhere that Facebook has their own tweaked Linux version. However, you should go for the distribution which is the simplest to administrate. If you're launching a startup spending time on server maintenance is probably not what makes you successful.
@Merrimack: Yeah I figured they do tweak it, but i'm interested in know if they go the RHEL way or something like ubuntu and then start tweaking it. – ace – 2010-10-11T22:38:55.127
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Facebook uses Big-IP 9.4.6, which is high-speed network centric. Not sure about twitter but it's also going to be a very customized build
FatherStorm
Posted 2010-10-11T20:34:31.573
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AFAIK Big-IP is a hardware load balancer, not a Linux distribution. It is however, a very good load balancer. We use them for our hosting – None – 2010-10-11T20:42:33.783
This is definitely not programming related...maybe superuser.com? – Chris Thompson – 2010-10-11T20:37:40.717