Best Distro to set up as a web server?

Big-E · 16-Jul-2005, 10:08 PM #1

I am also new to Linux, but will make it a learning eperience. I already know how to navigate UNIX and such, so I have some skills..but not much. So nothing like Slackware would be for me yet..just nothing that requires to much work with the shell..suggestions?

brendandonhu · 16-Jul-2005, 10:14 PM #2

Pretty much any linux distro can run a simple web server. Mandriva is the simplest.

**linuxphile** · 16-Jul-2005, 10:34 PM #3

I've come to like Fedora Core myself. The latest version, 4, includes MySQL 4, Apache 2 and PHP 5. With that said, you can also use XAMPP, from Apache Friends on just about any distribution.

Big-E · 17-Jul-2005, 01:34 AM #4

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Originally Posted by linuxphile

I've come to like Fedora Core myself. The latest version, 4, includes MySQL 4, Apache 2 and PHP 5. With that said, you can also use XAMPP, from Apache Friends on just about any distribution.

Thanks, I have a copy of Fedora here I was going to install awhile back..just haven't gotten around to that quite yet. I believe its Fedora Core 2, they came out with another one didn't they?

brendandonhu · 17-Jul-2005, 01:35 AM #5

Fedora Core 4 is out now.

Headrush · 17-Jul-2005, 01:52 AM #6

A good server and/or gateway based distro is www.clarkconnect.com

Very easy to administer and includes most common services, including Windows compatible utilities. (Samba)

It's based on Fedora.

tdi_veedub · 21-Jul-2005, 10:00 PM #7

I like Slackware . You can do a clean install and have Apache, MySQL, and PHP, and iptables (firewall) configured and running in under an hour.

lunchbox · 26-Jul-2005, 01:25 AM #8

tdi: maybe if you have prior knowledge. I know i sure as hell wouldnt wanna be setting that up on slack even now.

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 01:31 AM #9

Anybody attempting to run a secure webserver should be able to install slackware.

lunchbox · 26-Jul-2005, 01:34 AM **#10**

Im not talking from a technical ability view point, I'm talking about from an effort factor view point. Every time you install ANYTHING on slackware you get 8 dependencies which each have an average of 4 more dependencies, which then have 6 more.. i can keep going...

i'm just saying doing it under slack, unless u already knew what u did and didnt need i dont think u could have everything setup in an hour.

brendandonhu · 26-Jul-2005, 01:46 AM **#11**

Any other distro will have dependencies to install a package as well.

tdi_veedub · 26-Jul-2005, 08:54 PM **#12**

I agree that compiling software on slack can be a pain but remember it is not meant to be a distro that runs bleeding edge software. It's meant to be stable, and secure. That is why version 10.1 still runs a 2.4 kernel.

If you want bleeding edge, or a desktop distro, get Ubuntu or something. But for servers, it's either slack, or a bsd.

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