[ale] Web server OS

[Jeff Hubbs]

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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