Debian is about the most stable distro on the planet. The guys that make Debian are sticklers about having a solid OS. For my servers, I am not using Woody, but I use Sarge (testing) to get a little more recent software (Apache 2, Spamassassian, etc). Once Debian goes stable, it doesn't really have problems. Another thing about Debian is that most things are disabled by default. You need to know what you are doing before you enable it. Gives you a chance to read the Docs and understand how it works and where it's faults lay. A lot of people have also mentioned that Debain is very quick to deploy. I haven't found that since I've been looking into things that I have never done before, but I can see it. I don't know how much easier it would be then another distro. In any case, I give Debian two big thumbs up.
222 days up without any major problems. (Sarge) Robert LeBlanc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of stuporglue > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 5:16 PM > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: [uug] Best Server OS for Noobie [WAS: Hosting services] > > > I've been using Qwest DSL with XMission as my ISP. I'm not sure about > > their hosting option details, pretty cheap and they give you shell > > access. I run two Linux servers and a Windows server at my house, and > > let me say, you learn a lot about Linux servers by setting them up. Just > > be sure and be a little paranoid about security when you start. I've > > been using Debian and it is pretty secure out of the box, which is nice. > > Now all I need to do is set up back-up mail server on my second > > machine, and fail-over for my web and databases. I'm too tired to think > > about that right now though. > > I've seen a few people mention Debian as their choice for their > server(s). I've got my play-server setup using Gentoo right now, but > I'm pretty sure it's not secure. > > Would Debian be better? Or something else? It will only be acting as a > server, so I don't want to bother with X. > > Michael > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
