emerge jeff<br><br><br>:-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Hubbs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hbbs@comcast.net">hbbs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You might also try Gentoo, the meta-distribution that is versionless and<br>
only installs what you tell it beyond a very minimalist, functional OS<br>
that has a completely functional build system from the get-go. You<br>
don't have to fool with finding different repositories, and the docs and<br>
online support are very good.<br>
<br>
- Jeff<br>
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Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> My $0.20 is to use centos 5.2. Add the EPEL repo<br>
> (<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL</a>) and install wordpress with yum<br>
> install wordpress The base level OS is supported for another 5 years<br>
> and the system is rock-solid stable. The EPEL packages are provided<br>
> and maintained by the upstream providers.<br>
><br>
> Note: Centos and all RedHat derivatives will try (and usually suceed)<br>
> at installing X. This is because many tools for managaing the system<br>
> are gui-fied. The hard drive space is minimal and the X can be turned<br>
> off with a runlevel 3 in inittab.<br>
><br>
> Note: I do NOT recommend the Fedora 10 distro for server use at this<br>
> time. They shift to all network sockets controlled by NetworkManager<br>
> is not as stable as it needs to be yet. It's fine for laptops (I'm<br>
> using it and like it a lot) but it's not for servers yet.<br>
><br>
> Staying well back from bleeding edge is good. When F10 first came out<br>
> the x86_64 version was not "bleeding edge" it was a "spurting death<br>
> wound". It's feeling MUCH better now! My 64 bit laptop has been up for<br>
> about 8 days now without a hard reboot. Resuming from suspend or<br>
> hibernate still leaves Radeon chip is terminally stupid mode so that<br>
> has been avoided 'till I see a patch<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:03 AM, aaron <<a href="mailto:aaron@pd.org">aaron@pd.org</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:aaron@pd.org">aaron@pd.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Even knowing that Jon is active with the Ubuntu<br>
> community, I'd have to throw in with CentOS.<br>
><br>
> In fact, I'll recommend CentOS twice, then you'll<br>
> have my $.02 on the subject.<br>
> ;-)<br>
><br>
> White box RedHat without the bleeding edge pains of<br>
> Fedora. It was my choice when I had to build a<br>
> server for a Drupal development site last summer.<br>
><br>
> Someone mentioned Wordpress packages being in the<br>
> Ubuntu repositories, but that may not be saying much.<br>
> LAMP web packages like Wordpress and Drupal will<br>
> generally install pretty easily on any common server<br>
> distro, though I will note that I did have to add<br>
> a non-default repository to get a yum-my Drupal<br>
> installation into CentOS 5.<br>
><br>
> peace<br>
> aaron<br>
><br>
> On 2008, Dec, 22, , at 10:57 PM, Jon Reagan wrote:<br>
><br>
> > hey folks... got a quick question.<br>
> ><br>
> > I have a new computer that I will be using as a web server.<br>
> From past<br>
> > experience, I know that the computer does not have any hardware that<br>
> > presents compatibility issues. So, with this in mind, which system<br>
> > would y'all recommend for a complete noob looking to set up a<br>
> > wordpress blog?<br>
> ><br>
> > I have been using Ubuntu, as well as Fedora and Debian... but I<br>
> am not<br>
> > sure which is best (or rather, easiest) for me to use.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks in advance!<br>
> ><br>
> > Jon<br>
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