I recommend using Ubuntu LTS. I run a Centos and a few Ubuntu and Debian servers.
Centos is a pain, hope to retire it ASAP. Ubuntu and Debian are great, apt-get install just makes sense. You'll also find that the debian way of managing apache sites and modules makes a lot of sense, though nowadays you'll be running plone on nginx/varnish instead of apache/squid. Ubuntu is really Debian+, my experience is that there is little difference for servers. On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Tim Knapp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 20:27 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > > PythonHack wrote: > > > > > Hey Plonistas > > > > > > I FINALLY get to set up a linux box! (there is a God after all) and I > > > need to impress the bean-counters. > > > > > > This box will be used for python/zope/plone development (and proof of > > > the stack) but I need a kickstart selecting a linux flavor. > > > > > > I have tons of DOS/windows experience (25+ years) but virtually none of > > > unix/linux. I am confident I can learn what I need to 'on the fly' but > > > right now the OS has to 'just work' (I can't get into compiling it, etc.) > > > > > > I need to setup multiple instances of plone 3 with zeo (via buildout) as > > > quickly as possible and with the absolute least difficulty. I may also > > > be setting up: > > > - pound with apache (it's a quad core box) > > > - entransit and/or deliverance > > > - varnish > > > > > > I had looked at centOS and ubuntu server. > > > > I run a CentOS and multiple Ubuntu machines, and the CentOS one is an > > absolute PITA. Ubuntu is much simpler. > > +1 on the CentOS nightmares (disclaimer: I am a CentOS n00b but am a > longtime Deb-distro user - love it ;) > > > > > > > > I was about to install ubuntu server but I just noticed that it uses > > > .deb instead of .rpm. Is ubuntu going to be a limitation for me later > > > on, or are debian versions universally available? > > > > More so than rpms - I have far more headaches getting rpms to play nice > > together than I do with ubuntu and debs. Some days I could kill the guy > > who decided to go with CentOS. > > > > Just remember to completely ignore zope & plone in the package system > > (whether you use CentOS or Ubuntu) - they're practically stone-age. > > > > Also, put all Plone "sites" in their own zope databases (ZODB) - we didn't > > do that and retrofitting is becoming a problem... The system grew rather > > faster than expected :-) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Product-Developers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers > _______________________________________________ Product-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/product-developers
