Most stable Linux Distribution for Drupal?

Question

I have a VPS that is running Fedora Core 6, with yum somehow removed (Why do you do that Network Solutions?). I don't have an overwhelming amount of experience with any distribution of Linux, so I set up my own server running FC12. However, when I transferred over my Drupal site, I had some errors that I had trouble fixing. Granted, the PHP & MySQL versions weren't exactly the same, but were close.

My question is, is there any Linux distribution that is better/more stable for running Drupal? Or is the Linux dist. completely transparent to the website that is running on it. I am currently looking at centOS, Fedora, & Debian.

If you're a Drupal developer, can you share your experience running Drupal on the differnt platforms? Is it all the same?

Thanks!

P.S. No, this question doesn't belong on serverfault and No, I'm not asking which distribution is the "best".

Answer 1

There shouldn't be any significant difference for Drupal between the various major Linux distributions.

I've run Drupal on Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora. Other than typing yum vs. apt-get and slightly different package names, there hasn't been a single difference.

Answer 2

CentOS is the most stable cost-free linux distribution. Also it's (main) packages (like php mysql apache etc) are tested for stability (not the lateast and greateast but the older and tested) and have security patches added up to date for their versions.
So CentOS should be best choice for your Drupal install.
BUT all theese are hardly an issue and your Drupal should run just fine with Debian/Whatever