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If you were choosing an operating system for a server which of these three and why?
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Centos is a pretty solid sever that is basically a clone of Red Hat.
I would not recommend FreeBSD purely because i have found it a little harder to find software and support for than a standard Linux.
Same with Ubuntu its a nice Linux but it was much harder to get information and help than it would be for Suse, Redhat, Fedora and Centos.
I would not recommend FreeBSD purely because i have found it a little harder to find software and support for than a standard Linux.
Same with Ubuntu its a nice Linux but it was much harder to get information and help than it would be for Suse, Redhat, Fedora and Centos.
I've been using Ubuntu Server on my testbeds for years. I find it to be the fastest to get running from install to setup, and the Ubuntu message boards are very active. This makes it simple to get tips on the few occasions that problems arise.
I used FreeBSD on my server a few years ago. It was perfect for web-hosting and mail. The VPS that I use now has Debian on it, since that's all the hosting company offers. The experience that I've had of Ubuntu has been good.
FreeBSD has a wide range of stuff available for immediate install with the ports system (pre-prepared software, ready to build and install). It's also the most similar (of the three suggested) to OS X.
FreeBSD has a wide range of stuff available for immediate install with the ports system (pre-prepared software, ready to build and install). It's also the most similar (of the three suggested) to OS X.
I would go for a hosting solution where I was not responsible for the sysadm tasks....
Buy the gridservice from Mediatemple.net. It's quite cheap compared to what you get (I think), and then you can sleep tight every night knowing that yes, the webserver, php, sshd, mysql, etc, etc, etc, are all patched.
For a developer, spending time on system administration is a waste of time, IMHO.
Buy the gridservice from Mediatemple.net. It's quite cheap compared to what you get (I think), and then you can sleep tight every night knowing that yes, the webserver, php, sshd, mysql, etc, etc, etc, are all patched.
For a developer, spending time on system administration is a waste of time, IMHO.
