Re: First steps towards unix and php

On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 01:09 -0500, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:44, Frank Stanovcak <blindspotpro@comcast.net> wrote: > > I've been a microshaft punk for some time now, and am just getting ready to > > try to step over to unix on one of my own boxes. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on which flavor would be a good idea to > > start with? I'm looking mostly for compatibility with php, mysql, and other > > web based programming languages. > > For general web production usage, I would recommend the CentOS > project. Aside from Intrinsic Linux (</plug shame="no">), it's the OS > I recommend more than any other for web servers. I'm sure you'll find > a lot of folks who will say Ubuntu (or, for some of the boys and girls > over the age of 25 or thirty, Debian), I'll take apt over yum ANY day. But as yum system go... CentOS isn't bad :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP