New server setup on rackspace host
Hello all,
Im setting up my initial server on rackspace hosting and im not sure which server to pick. I plan to run a wordpress driven image blog. The list of choices are as follows: Fedora 14 (Laughlin) Arch 2010.05 CentOS 5.4 CentOS 5.5 Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Fedora 13 (Goddard) Gentoo 10.1 Oracle Enterprise Linux R5U3 - JEOS Oracle Enterprise Linux R5U4 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS (Hardy Heron) Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Mainly what i would like to know is which server is best for my application & why. thanks in advance all - regards, Alex |
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Which Distribution of Linux are you most familiar with as that might be the best one to start with? I've just googled Quote:
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This is basically a "which distribution is best" type question. You'll get as many answers as there are people that use each distribution.
In all reality any one of them will do what you need (assume they're all full root access VPS). Do you have any Linux experience? If not do you know anyone who does and may be around to help you out? If so then you want to choose the distribution that you know. If you want a random answer; I'd say go for Debian. It's secure and stable and I know how it works. But then the next poster will be equally valid in his (different) response. |
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-forum-103564/ says:
6. If your asking a specific Distribution question, like the most popular "Which distro is best?", it should go in the Distributions forum. Or if you have a question regarding Redhat or Slackware, it may fit better in one of the specific Distribution forums we have. Currently we have them for LFS, Slackware, Debian, Arch, Connectiva, Mandrake and Redhat. You might get better results posting there...? |
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You should be able to shorten that list by bearing in mind a couple of guidelines:
Some people might consider Fedora because it has a family resemblance to Red Hat, but then Centos is even closer and has better (for this purpose) support arrangements, so I'm not sure that considering Fedora for server duty would make any sense. |
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The best place I've found for comparing different distributions is www.distrowatch.com
I'd have to second Salasi's choice of Centos for the same reasons (support and security, won't change much on you.) I normally use Fedora myself, but it's not good for a web server. |
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thanks, Travis |
So... Have you checked out "Wordpress in Linux" in Google and got some sort of idea of the scale of your request? Are you paying for your Rackspace server already? Learning about Linux isn't a five minute job, probably take the same amount of time as learning Windows Server 2008 assuming you knew nothing about Windows.
Like the man said though... "If you want to eat an elephant, you can! Just take one bite at a time." :D You've given yourself quite a steep learning curve but go for it I say! Good luck and Play Bonny! :hattip: |
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