I have tried many many linuxes around 20 i think that the best linux for hosting so far has been ubuntu because of its sexy gui interface and lack of faults i have tried many professional linuxes that have been recommended and had nothing but errors so i would like to know which linux you think best for hosting only reply if you have used linux dont want and random useless comments.
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CentOS all the way.
How many sites would you be hosting? If there would be quite a few accounts/profitable then I'd recommend cPanel.
How many sites would you be hosting? If there would be quite a few accounts/profitable then I'd recommend cPanel.
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If you are not paying for a support contract then CentOS (if you are then RHEL).
Exactly this.
Who uses a GUI on a linux server
I thought the original post was posted by some sort of automated bot.
CentOS & Debian are both stable and both have good package management.
aah me lol i tried centOs i dont like it i prefer iptables, in centos i got lots of security errors even when trying to host a mysql with web i think ill try redhat linux again
QUOTE=mortals;28137655]Exactly this.
Who uses a GUI on a linux server
I thought the original post was posted by some sort of automated bot.
CentOS & Debian are both stable and both have good package management.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=mortals;28137655]Exactly this.
Who uses a GUI on a linux server
I thought the original post was posted by some sort of automated bot.
CentOS & Debian are both stable and both have good package management.[/QUOTE]
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Tried Webmin - might make things easier for you?
iptables is a application tho not a distro...
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last time i used centos i had problems with security having to accept everything i needed in firewall and giving lots of errors cba with that
I see
sorry, I misunderstood what you said.It sounds like you need to read up about linux, you will need to setup some sort of firewall and have a understanding of how to secure the server if you are thinking of using it to host anything on the internet.
What are you wanting to host?
Do you have a background in servers? (I notice your signature says "Server Tech")
Yes i have servers at my house but it doesnt take a genius to figure out linux is much different from servers, many people use servers for other os,s that are not linux. And it says server tech because thats what im interested in and when i say server i mean the phsical servers not linux sorry you didnt understand
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I asked if you had any background in servers as the basics of networking & firewalls is pretty much the same whatever the OS
I thought you had put your job title in your signature. (most "server techs" I know do both hardware & software)
I'm sorry but the way you come across in your posts is someone who is clueless & the way you have worded your replies seems aggressive.
I wouldn't say he's trolling. He's just asking relevant questions. People with 'Server Tech' in their sig who run home servers usually don't run their server for the 'sexy' DE or have trouble with basic installs. The majority of servers run *nix (whether Linux or BSD) so it was reasonable to think you would know the basics. Are you running Windows Server at home or something?
Running a server with a DE is a waste of cycles and RAM. Load up Debian netinstall or CentOS (I'd recommend 6.x still as more serverside apps support it than the newish v7), and then follow some guides. A virtual machine is handy for this. Setting up LAMP, FTP, sharing, whatever is quite straightforward and as was said above webmin, VestaCP and so on make things quite easy by providing a web based UI if required.
If you really don't like RHEL based distros then Debian Wheezy is solid and easy to use (Jessie is junk atm, avoid if possible).
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Erm, frankly if that was the case then you need to read up on how to configure iptables rather than just blame it on CentOS. Currently I would suggest a version 6 release over a version 7 one (basically due to the number of changes which mean you are more likely to find basic guides online which are applicable to version 6 ... if you do know what you are doing then firewalld on version 7 is quite interesting).
But anyway you come across a complete **** anyway so I don;t really see any point in commenting further.
Cpanel allows a vpn to the site ? So i dont need to give my real ip out??
I use Ubuntu server for both my home and colo server. I have installed webmin for help with some things im not fully versed on but the CLI does pretty much everything I need.
I'm not sure what you're asking really? Is it what strain of Linux to use? At which point it's personal preference.
iptables should do the same thing whether centos or ubuntu or whatever package you use, as it's all manual input the errors are probably arising from human input error.
People are asking questions because most on here who regard a real linux server are quite correct in that a GUI is rarely used/needed.
I'm not sure what you're asking really? Is it what strain of Linux to use? At which point it's personal preference.
iptables should do the same thing whether centos or ubuntu or whatever package you use, as it's all manual input the errors are probably arising from human input error.
People are asking questions because most on here who regard a real linux server are quite correct in that a GUI is rarely used/needed.