I am kind of with Aaron on this one, I also run CentOS on my production dedicated servers. I think Ubuntu server would be a good pick as well, I've just been using CentOS for so long on the server that I can easily say it is very secure and stable. It does also have a GUI if you need it, you can just pick runlevel 5 instead of 3 to run.<br>
<br>I will say I have been running Ubuntu server 8.04 at home for about three months though and it's great for my home network <br><br>- Print Serving<br>- Samba sharing<br>- FAH<br>- internal lamp dev box<br><br>In any case, I don''t think you will have any issues with either distro, CentOS is just the one I can say from experience is stable for all your LAMP needs. If you want "easy to install / maintain" I don't think I would go thte Gentoo route, although it is stable.<br>
<br>Josh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:41 AM, David Hamm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@spinnerdog.com">ale@spinnerdog.com</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;">
Is there any kind of auto install for Gentoo? I looked at installing<br>
Gentoo recently and it seemed every package would have to be compiled<br>
during the installation process.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 09:47 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> emerge jeff<br>
><br>
><br>
> :-)<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Hubbs <<a href="mailto:hbbs@comcast.net">hbbs@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> You might also try Gentoo, the meta-distribution that is<br>
> versionless and<br>
> only installs what you tell it beyond a very minimalist,<br>
> functional OS<br>
> that has a completely functional build system from the<br>
> get-go. You<br>
> don't have to fool with finding different repositories, and<br>
> the docs and<br>
> online support are very good.<br>
><br>
> - Jeff<br>
><br>
><br>
> 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<br>
> with yum<br>
> > install wordpress The base level OS is supported for another<br>
> 5 years<br>
> > and the system is rock-solid stable. The EPEL packages are<br>
> provided<br>
> > and maintained by the upstream providers.<br>
> ><br>
> > Note: Centos and all RedHat derivatives will try (and<br>
> usually suceed)<br>
> > at installing X. This is because many tools for managaing<br>
> the system<br>
> > are gui-fied. The hard drive space is minimal and the X can<br>
> be turned<br>
> > off with a runlevel 3 in inittab.<br>
> ><br>
> > Note: I do NOT recommend the Fedora 10 distro for server use<br>
> at this<br>
> > time. They shift to all network sockets controlled by<br>
> NetworkManager<br>
> > is not as stable as it needs to be yet. It's fine for<br>
> 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<br>
> came out<br>
> > the x86_64 version was not "bleeding edge" it was a<br>
> "spurting death<br>
> > wound". It's feeling MUCH better now! My 64 bit laptop has<br>
> been up for<br>
> > about 8 days now without a hard reboot. Resuming from<br>
> suspend or<br>
> > hibernate still leaves Radeon chip is terminally stupid mode<br>
> 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>
><br>
><br>
> > <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<br>
> server.<br>
> > From past<br>
> > > experience, I know that the computer does not have any<br>
> hardware that<br>
> > > presents compatibility issues. So, with this in mind,<br>
> which system<br>
> > > would y'all recommend for a complete noob looking to<br>
> set up a<br>
> > > wordpress blog?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I have been using Ubuntu, as well as Fedora and<br>
> 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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