Linux Distro for webserver?

[Ridge]

building a small webserver. which free distro do you recommend and why?


thanks in advance.

 

[south]

Centos. One of the largest communities, lots of third party support, and it's an "Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor"

 

[Ridge]

Thanks South, thats what I was planning to use just wanted to see what others thought. anyone else have comments.

 

[Johnn]

Centos. One of the largest communities, lots of third party support, and it's an "Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor"

Ditto!

 

[seeker]

Especially if you want to use cpanel, centOS is a one way road.

 

[Ridge]

Yes, went with Centos and cpanel. Nice smooth setup.

thanks everyone!

 

[fab]

I 5th CentOs.