[SlugLUG] Debian As A Server

[Adam Thompson]

Just a thought... you may want to consider Ubuntu server.  It's a
great deal like Debian but the stable version is updated much more
regularly.  I use it on a dual G5 Xserve and it runs great.

adam

On 6/11/06, Rohan Sheth <rohan at rohan.ws> wrote:
> Hiya, I know some of you guys are busy with finals and whatnot, so
> answer this question whenever you get a chance...
>
> I have been thinking about buying a new dell poweredge server but I
> can't decide what to run on it.  The server's main purpose will be web
> serving (mysql/httpd/etc) and if that was the only thing it did, I would
> be running Debian Stable on it.  However, it will also act as a
> thin-client server meaning that it will run all the applications that
> users on the network use.  Therefore, debian stable is a bit outdated
> for it, considering most users like running relatively recent software.
> Therefore, I have been having trouble deciding between debian unstable
> and testing.  I realize that unstable is the best choice in terms of
> recent version releases, but as this is also a web-server I need
> something that is relatively secure and "stable."  I am strongly
> considering Debian Testing because of the reasons listed above, but I
> would love additional opinions.  While some of you may recommend
> completely separate distribution of Linux (which is fine), I prefer
> Debian because of its steadfast history of stability and its rampant
> recognition.  What should I use?
>
> --Rohan
>
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