On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 16:44, Richard Miller wrote: > So, which distribution should I get from Linode.com? They say > (http://linode.com/products/linodes.cfm) they offer Debian, Fedora, > Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, and Slackware, each of which can be a core > install or a full install. Mandrake is the only one I've worked with > from this assortment, but will that even matter if I simply access it > remotely? Will having a GUI matter? (VNC?)
After fighting debian, I chose fedora. By default, you don't have a gui and you don't need one (not even vnc). If you ssh into the box, you can run X11 apps remotely if you need to, but you don't need the whole heavy gui stuff installed. The default fedora image they use has apt-get on it, so just apt-get the stuff you need. Become familiar with vim and the commandline way doing everything. I have my box set up to do web and mail (and everything that goes along with that) and I have yet to use a graphical tool of any kind, except for some web-based tools that I installed to make administering the databases easier. I get the impression that most linode users install fedora. It just works and has newer packages than debian by default. I tried to upgrade my debian install to get php 4.3 and other goodies and ended up making a mess of things. > > Which of these will be the easiest to keep patched? My UNIX experience > is Mac OS X (BSD) and a little SuSE and Mandrake. Debian and fedora are easy to maintain. apt-get update upgrade, etc. Michael > > Richard > > > On Apr 19, 2004, at 7:12 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 15:53, Richard Miller wrote: > >> I have since looked at Linode.com and Rimuhosting.com quite a bit and > >> I > >> like the idea of these a lot! Do you (or anyone) prefer one over the > >> other? > > > > I have no idea bout Rimuhosting.com, but I can join others in my > > praises > > of linode.com. It's been reliable and very quick support over e-mail > > and irc. Sign up for a years contract and you'll get 1.5 free gigs on > > their $20 a month machine. > > > > Linode and Rimuhosting give you all the benefits of hosting things > > yourself without the hassle of trying to maintain the hardware and the > > internet connection. All you need to concern yourself with is the > > administration of the machine. This probably the biggest downside over > > a hosting firm. You have to maintain the whole machine yourself. > > Software patches, compromises (if any). I enjoy the freedom I get from > > linode though. I can run any service I want, install any software I > > want as long as it's not illegal (ie spam or warez). > > > >> > >> Also, when I've talked to my web hosting companies about WebDAV, they > >> have always said "we don't turn on the webdav Apache module because of > >> the security risks." I was under the impression that WebDAV was MORE > >> secure, for instance, than FTP. Is there any reason for me not to use > >> it (or to limit it)? > > > > WebDAV is more secure than FTP in that it can run over https, which > > provides a layer of encryption hiding password exchange. What the > > hosting companies are probably concerned about, however, may be the > > complexity of setting up and maintaining WebDAV. It could be that > > there > > are security issues with regards to securing apache that they don't > > wish > > to deal with. FTP maybe insecure for users, but setup is brain-dead > > simple for ISPs, and they won't worry about your security as long as > > their machines can't be compromised remotely. > > > > With a UML hosting provider you are free to set up WebDAV and any other > > thing you want. > > > > Michael > > > > > >> > >> Richard > >> > >> > >> On Apr 19, 2004, at 12:04 PM, Carl Youngblood wrote: > >> > >>> Richard Miller wrote: > >>> > >>>> Does anyone know a hosting company that allows WebDAV accesss so I > >>>> can synchronize my iCal calendar (Mac OS X)? > >>> > >>> If you get linode you can do whatever you want. > >>> ____________________ > >>> BYU Unix Users Group > >>> http://uug.byu.edu/ > >>> ___________________________________________________________________ > >>> List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> ____________________ > >> BYU Unix Users Group > >> http://uug.byu.edu/ > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > -- > > Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
