[ale] Web server OS

[Jim Kinney]

emerge jeff


:-)

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:

> You might also try Gentoo, the meta-distribution that is versionless and
> only installs what you tell it beyond a very minimalist, functional OS
> that has a completely functional build system from the get-go.  You
> don't have to fool with finding different repositories, and the docs and
> online support are very good.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > My $0.20 is to use centos 5.2. Add the EPEL repo
> > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) and install wordpress with yum
> > install wordpress The base level OS is supported for another 5 years
> > and the system is rock-solid stable. The EPEL packages are provided
> > and maintained by the upstream providers.
> >
> > Note: Centos and all RedHat derivatives will try (and usually suceed)
> > at installing X. This is because many tools for managaing the system
> > are gui-fied. The hard drive space is minimal and the X can be turned
> > off with a runlevel 3 in inittab.
> >
> > Note: I do NOT recommend the Fedora 10 distro for server use at this
> > time. They shift to all network sockets controlled by NetworkManager
> > is not as stable as it needs to be yet. It's fine for laptops (I'm
> > using it and like it a lot) but it's not for servers yet.
> >
> > Staying well back from bleeding edge is good. When F10 first came out
> > the x86_64 version was not "bleeding edge" it was a "spurting death
> > wound". It's feeling MUCH better now! My 64 bit laptop has been up for
> > about 8 days now without a hard reboot. Resuming from suspend or
> > hibernate still leaves Radeon chip is terminally stupid mode so that
> > has been avoided 'till I see a patch
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:03 AM, aaron <aaron at pd.org
> > <mailto:aaron at pd.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Even knowing that Jon is active with the Ubuntu
> >     community, I'd have to throw in with CentOS.
> >
> >     In fact, I'll recommend CentOS twice, then you'll
> >     have my $.02 on the subject.
> >     ;-)
> >
> >     White box RedHat without the bleeding edge pains of
> >     Fedora.  It was my choice when I had to build a
> >     server for a Drupal development site last summer.
> >
> >     Someone mentioned Wordpress packages being in the
> >     Ubuntu repositories, but that may not be saying much.
> >     LAMP web packages like Wordpress and Drupal will
> >     generally install pretty easily on any common server
> >     distro, though I will note that I did have to add
> >     a non-default repository to get a yum-my Drupal
> >     installation into CentOS 5.
> >
> >     peace
> >     aaron
> >
> >     On 2008, Dec, 22, , at 10:57 PM, Jon Reagan wrote:
> >
> >     > hey folks... got a quick question.
> >     >
> >     > I have a new computer that I will be using as a web server.
> >      From past
> >     > experience, I know that the computer does not have any hardware
> that
> >     > presents compatibility issues.  So, with this in mind, which system
> >     > would y'all recommend for a complete noob looking to set up a
> >     > wordpress blog?
> >     >
> >     > I have been using Ubuntu, as well as Fedora and Debian... but I
> >     am not
> >     > sure which is best (or rather, easiest) for me to use.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks in advance!
> >     >
> >     > Jon
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