I use Centos on servers. I've always found the Redhat model to be easier to manage servers with. I use debian on embedded systems because it can more easily be

I use Centos on servers. I've always found the Redhat model to be easier to manage servers with. I use debian on embedded systems because it can more easily be made read-only and smaller. Debian is more "Linux-y". Redhat makes lots of changes to the kernel and filesystem layout that make tinkering with the low level system harder.