What OS should I choose for a VPS Server?

wh33t · 12-18-2012, 10:25 PM

Hey LQ,

I'm looking into getting some cheap VPS hosting and they offer a few different Linux OS's to choose from. I'm thinking I'm going to go with Ubuntu because it's easy and it's what I'm most familiar with, but maybe there is a huge down side to going with Ubuntu (security?).

I want to host some websites on it, practice shell scripting, and maybe host a small game server for Minecraft.

https://accounts.serverpronto.com/ca...onfproduct&i=1 Here is the VPS I'm looking into.

snowday · 12-18-2012, 10:31 PM

Ubuntu is a fine choice, but make sure you go with 12.04 LTS (support through April 2017) so you don't have to upgrade every 6 months.

wh33t · 12-18-2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by snowpine

Ubuntu is a fine choice, but make sure you go with 12.04 LTS (support through April 2017) so you don't have to upgrade every 6 months.

I just checked with their support staff, they say it's Ubuntu Server edition which is what I wanted. Is the server edition is essentially a LAMP build right?

snowday · 12-18-2012, 10:47 PM

You can learn more about Ubuntu Server here: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/

wh33t · 12-18-2012, 10:49 PM

Awesome. Thank you.

btmiller · 12-19-2012, 12:13 AM

Not all versions of Ubuntu server have Long Term Support (however all are supported for at least 18 months, IIRC). As snowpine mentioned, it's a good idea to go with 12.04 if possible.

leftism · 12-20-2012, 05:43 AM

I would choose Debian over Ubuntu any day. Debian is less bloated

Habitual · 12-20-2012, 07:35 AM

To hell with the OS, I'd stay away from "cheap hosting".

leftism · 12-20-2012, 08:07 AM

Why would you stay away from cheap hosting? There are some good and cheap suppliers.

Habitual · 12-20-2012, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by leftism

Why would you stay away from cheap hosting? ...

You get what you pay for.

TenTenths · 12-20-2012, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Habitual

You get what you pay for.

Depends on what you class as "cheap".

Anything under $XX,000 a year we would consider "cheap" at my day-job, but for my own stuff I've had no problems with dedicated servers costing $100/month.

leftism · 12-20-2012, 03:51 PM

Im have a xen based vps thats high quality , for about 100$ a year. Thats cheap

tictock · 01-28-2013, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by wh33t

Hey LQ,

I'm looking into getting some cheap VPS hosting and they offer a few different Linux OS's to choose from. I'm thinking I'm going to go with Ubuntu because it's easy and it's what I'm most familiar with, but maybe there is a huge down side to going with Ubuntu (security?).

I want to host some websites on it, practice shell scripting, and maybe host a small game server for Minecraft.

https://accounts.serverpronto.com/ca...onfproduct&i=1 Here is the VPS I'm looking into.

For Linux VPS server CentOS is the best distro .
I have a CentOS VPS server from TheWebPole.com .I got it for 29.99$/month deal.
CentOS has all the good things of RedHat distro,which is not free.CentOS is fully free and has good Security.