Author Topic: Best Linux/Unix for server?  (Read 439 times)

batteredmidget

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Best Linux/Unix for server?
« on: 21 September 2003, 17:33 »
I'm building a server and would like reccomendations as to best OS. I'm currently leaning towards freeBSD.

Laukev7

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« Reply #1 on: 21 September 2003, 17:51 »
I would recommend FreeBSD. It's easy to administer, and it's very stable. If you look at the highest average uptimes on netcraft, you'll see how stable both FreeBSD and BSD/OS are.

If you are paranoid about security, I might recommend you OpenBSD.

If you want a system very easy to administer, I would definitely recommend Mac OS X server.

I am currently building a Apache server on FreeBSD, with Sime's help (for which I am very grateful).

TheQuirk

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« Reply #2 on: 21 September 2003, 18:05 »
Netcraft is unimportant. Linux, for example, overwrites its uptime when it gets to ~500.

Just saying.