Which one of these operating systems should I choose for Rails hosting?

Question

I've created a small non-profit Rails application which I want to make available in the next weeks.

Because of my small budget I cannot be picky about the hoster. The one I found provides only certain Linux distributions.

• CentOS 5.2
• Debian 4.0
• openSUSE 10.3

Those are virtual servers with full root access.

EDIT: I don't have experience with any of these distributions, until know I only used Fedora.

My questions:

1. Which one of those Linux distributions is the lesser evil for Rails hosting?
2. If I had free choice, which Linux distribution would be best?

Answer 1

That one that you or your team has the most experience with.

Answer 2

http://www.railshostinginfo.com/static/how_to_choose_the_right_rails_hosting_type

Answer 3

If you're used to using Fedora then perhaps you should try Centos? They're both from the red-hat tree so they should be pretty similar...

Edit: Actually, looking into it a bit more the only difference is the number of applications that come prepackaged and extra apps. built for Fedora vs Centos (Fedora is more 'cutting edge')

Installing RoR, on Centos, doesn't seem to be difficult at all:

http://www.how-to-linux.com/2008/12/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-on-centos-52/