Windows or Linux for Source Server

[Church]

This is a pointless debate. Someone said you can run more servers on a linux than a windows box with the same specs. This is bs, why so, glad you asked: Linux doesnt usually get the support that windows gets. More and more games are being released that can run under linux but flat out run like crap cause of crappy coding on the companies part. Has nothing to do with linux sucking just that game developers suck at fixing bugs or just do slop coding. I run 2 xeon server one linux and the other windows 2003. Hands down windows takes the cake, just of this reasons alone. Also, I hate waiting to patches on linux servers, there always the last to get fixed or updated. To make this point look no further than sourcemod very few admin plugins even work for linux, and most will crash it sooner or later. Well except mani plugin, which works very well in my linux box. Dont get me wrong, I love my linux box, but my windows 2003 works just as well if not better. My next 3 servers I purchase will run windows. Plus I love Remote desktop, the only way to setup your dedicated box.

[Sprinter]

2 x Debian 3.1 (2.6.x kernel)

All of my servers (not for games only) are linux based and no windows machine can replace their funcionality, stability and safety...

[PhatBoy]

Ok before you guys start kicking off I should point out the this thread wasn't about whether windows is better than linux or not. I was simply curious to see which os was the most popular for hosting the dedicated server.

Please don't turn this into another microsoft / linux bitchslapping contest. I've already read 5,000 of those and they never reach a constructive conclusion.

[cryotek]

well when you name the topic, windows vs linux, well yeah, you know.

[PhatBoy]

Ok fair point.

Maybe an admin should lock this thread before it starts getting ugly.

[cryotek]

or edit the topic, maybe

Quote:windows or linux for source server

[PhatBoy]

No problem, done.

[uS.Rooster]

I personally use Windows 2003 just because of the ease of us (That and I don't have the time to learn to use Linux.) The remote desktop connection is nice to have - Alot easier to do things with GUI than having to use SSH.

[PhatBoy]

I just upgraded our server from XP to 2003 server and it makes a big difference. The pings are so much more stable now.

I think it's because Windows XP doesn't like having lots of machines connecting to it whereas 2003 server is made for it.

[inc0gs]

I am using WhiteBox Enterprise Linux 3. When we had CS 1.3-1.6 servers, we were using RedHat.

I don't know much about Linux, but honestly, there isn't much you need to know to run a CS:S server in Linux.

As far as having to use SSH to remotely access the server, I installed webmin. It's a web interface for controlling your server. It makes setting up and doing alot of other things very easy (i.e. email, mysql, updates, etc.). I still have to use SSH every once in a while, but when I do, usually there is pretty specific info on what I need to do (i.e. setting up/installing Psychostats

I've worked with some windows CS servers, and it seems to me that windows uses a lot more resources than Linux. Case in point; 1 box running windows, 2 @ 24 player CS 1.6 servers w/ plugins, web & mail servers, and psychostats used 70% cpu. 1 box (with slower cpu, less ram, etc.) running linux (redhat 9), 5 @ 20 player CS 1.6 w/ same plugins, web server, mysql db, and psychostats used 40% cpu.

Now IDK how this kind of comparison would come out for CS:S servers, but I don't imagine it would be that much different.

[reclusivemonkey]

Looks roughly like a 75/25% split in favour of Linux (and I mean "choice" not which is better!). I'm using a dedicated headless (no X Windows) Slackware server which also hosts my website, with a 700Mhz Pentium III and 128Mb of RAM (a donated machine). I'm also playing CS on Slackware through Cedega. Its slower than Windows obviously but I've not got around to tweaking it yet.

[Goofy666]

Is that CS or CS:S you're talking about? I'm very interested in experiences with CS:S and Cedega (or on Linux in general, if somebody uses another program or something ).

[PhatBoy]

Well I guess the fact that its a source dedicated server website means we're talking about CS:S .

It does seem that linux is the most popular o/s. I've just started leasing a hosted server because I needed a better connection and they use suse linux. I have to admit that I haven't used linux since I was at college so I needed to brush up!!

[Goofy666]

PhatBoy Wrote:Well I guess the fact that its a source dedicated server website means we're talking about CS:S .

You'd be surprised how many people sometimes talk about CS (not Source) here . CS != CS:S, that's why I'm not sure about which one he's talking about.

[Cain]

uS.Rooster Wrote:I personally use Windows 2003 just because of the ease of us (That and I don't have the time to learn to use Linux.) The remote desktop connection is nice to have - Alot easier to do things with GUI than having to use SSH.

Ditto everything you said !!

-- Cain