White Cuban Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 not sure if i already posted, if i didn't FREEBSD!, it wasen't fun in start, but after i got the hang, god, its bad ass. such a powerful tool. though dangerous in the hands of a Geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorned1 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Ubuntu Server (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debtboy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I guess any distro could be used, as most of the server software will be the same anyway, (possibly even the same release) That being said, I'm currently using openSUSE for the following: File Server (samba) Web/FTP (apache) Print Server (cups) VNC (tightVNC) Telnet/SSH etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Strictly for home use, I use pfsense for gateway, and openfiler for filesharing (freenas was an option, but it's samba performance does not even compare.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Personally I would go with CentOS or Fedora for a server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orien Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Personally I would go with CentOS or Fedora for a server Fedora should not be used on production servers. Either use CentOS if you're most familiar with RedHat or FreeBSD/Debian if you're more knowledgeable in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breed Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Fedora should not be used on production servers. Either use CentOS if you're most familiar with RedHat or FreeBSD/Debian if you're more knowledgeable in that area. Especially since you are starting from a Redhat perspective, that would make moving to anything Debian-based a little more difficult (not much besides package mgmt, update differences). Your choices are probably Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Fedora and CentOS. CentOS 5.4 would be the most logical choice. In my opinion, I like using yum to update versus apt-get, and I was able to update my server recntly from CentOS 4.8 to 5.4 with minimal pain and a single reboot (after downloading about 780MB of packages). The biggest question you have to answer is what is the server doing? Public facing servers (web, dns, mail) you "could" make a case for using FreeBSD over Linux, but it really comes down to your specific server config dictating your security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovexp Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Ubuntu Server 10.04,It's very easy.haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Haven't used White Box in a while but back when I did used to use it; I liked it. Install was crap though because one ISO was corrupt on all the download links so I had to burn about 20 CDs with the packages it had errors on, that wasn't fun. IIRC white box has been abandoned, WB is on 3 R2 and RHEL is on 5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 FreeBSD, Ubuntu or Debian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCrossley Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I would definitly choose FreeBSD over the others, followed by Debian, then either Ubuntu or Slack. Whenever we set up for security in situations like yours I tend to recommend the FreeBSD over the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VII7 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Gento, Arch, maybe Debian or FreeBSD - definitely not Ubuntu Server (which shines only as a desktop distribution). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi89 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Debian/Ubuntu work well. I'm using a Ubuntu server at work and it seems to be fine. I just use it for file sharing, web hosting, ftp and ssh. But I'm sure that using a Red Hat or a CentOS server would be better if you were more comfortable with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxxxx.xxxxxx Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I currently run 3 home servers, all three were running FreeBSD and i cant recommend that enough to do it justice. It is a great system for ease of use, updating and peace of mind. However on my testing server (specs in my sig) I have just installed Ubuntu 10.10 server on. The reasons for this are simply because all my home systems use Ubuntu 10.10, its based off Debian and the apt system which is somewhat similar to FreeBSDs port system. Debian has been tried and tested as a good server system so I can't see why Ubuntu, with some careful configuration cant be alike. :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebest97 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 My favorite free server distro's would be CentOS and Fedora. If you're willing to pay go with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QcR Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Security : BSD's Community and "easyness" : Ubuntu or CentOS That's my opinion, i prefer Ubuntu ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antdev Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well, hello! I just joined here, lovin' it. Well, I'm a server admin on a server in the EC2. My server runs Ubuntu Server for the main reason of simple usability. And in the terms of simple usability.. Not having to compile every piece of software. Simple automated package installer (Aptitude) Pre-Configured Package Installer (For Web server Components) Also, what strikes me about Ubuntu server is the amount of support you can find for it, not so like FreeBSD. What I mean by this is canonical, can you think of another commercially backed Linux Server Distribution? AntDevelopment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkie Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I have setup a small office server just recently. Migrating everything from Windows 2008 R2. It was a success, and everyrthing went quite smoothly. Server roles: - FTP server - File sharing (samba) - HTTP server - MySQL server - CVS server - Automatic daily backups (rdiff-backup) - SSH server for management I went with Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, it was a good choice. It outperforms Windows Server by lightyears. A (re)boot takes just a couple of seconds (!), the whole OS takes up just a little over 1 GB, and uses a ridiculously low amount of RAM when idle. Class 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vhane Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Well, hello! I just joined here, lovin' it. Well, I'm a server admin on a server in the EC2. My server runs Ubuntu Server for the main reason of simple usability. And in the terms of simple usability.. Not having to compile every piece of software. Simple automated package installer (Aptitude) Pre-Configured Package Installer (For Web server Components) Also, what strikes me about Ubuntu server is the amount of support you can find for it, not so like FreeBSD. What I mean by this is canonical, can you think of another commercially backed Linux Server Distribution? AntDevelopment Support as in documentation? FreeBSD has always been lauded for their handbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Arcanine Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I have setup a small office server just recently. Migrating everything from Windows 2008 R2. It was a success, and everyrthing went quite smoothly. Server roles: - FTP server - File sharing (samba) - HTTP server - MySQL server - CVS server - Automatic daily backups (rdiff-backup) - SSH server for management I went with Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, it was a good choice. It outperforms Windows Server by lightyears. A (re)boot takes just a couple of seconds (!), the whole OS takes up just a little over 1 GB, and uses a ridiculously low amount of RAM when idle. Having been in ##freebsd and #ubuntu on freenode, I can say quite confidently that FreeBSD support is better than Ubuntu support. The FreeBSD community understands how their OS works while the Ubuntu community usually has no clue. You can always tell how good support for an OS is based on the extent to which the community can answer in questions that involve topics like compiling the latest software from upstream. Class 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I run my personal server using Debian. It's been very stable and reliable. Family Website: http://adams-family.homeip.net:8001 I know my web design skills are pretty bad, but at a technical level, the operating system has been very functional and reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Arcanine Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Those interested in running a server might want to look at these articles: http://labs.mwrinfos...ory_protection/ http://labs.mwrinfos...nto_the_kernel/ They only consider 5 distributions, but they are somewhat enlightening on the difference in security between hardened distributions and regular ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium_pimpin Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Linux Mint Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalty Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Look @ this: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/coffee-lounge/157591-favorite-distro-server-users-2010-a.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olger901 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 If you'd like to go for a server, then go for stability and a proper and long supported distribution. My personal recommendation would be to go either Debian or Ubuntu LTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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