Best OS tu use for a Webserver?

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    Hey,

    i'm gonna be setting up a webserver at home soon. I'd like to know what would be the best OS you would recommend me to use?

    thanks for the advice
     
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    Some of the biggest websites run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

    Similar but maybe better for home use: CentOS
     
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  3. LaPoChE

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    What would be the best windows OS?
     
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    Probably Windows Server 2003 but that will be one expensive home server.
     
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    Linux.......
     
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    Great asnwer. Except, there's no place to download 'linux' and make it a webserver. At least suggest a distro.

    BTW if you want Windows because you're unfamiliar with Linux - don;t be scared! You can download Ubuntu Server and install it into a working web server with just a few mouse clicks in under an hour.
     
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    LaPoChE Active Member

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    i have used red hat a bit, but i'm not realy an expert when it comes to linux. I will try to setup the server with red hat. I'm alwaise up for learning :).

    Is it hard to setup Apache/coldfusion/PHP/Mysql on linux?

    anyone know of a site with instructions that would help me with this?

    thanks
     
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    It's dead simple with distro's like Ubuntu. Full LAMP installation in under an hour. Just follow on screen instructions.
     
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    for home use? I'd say ubuntu
     
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    is it hard setting up coldfusion on Ubuntu?
     
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    "It's dead simple with distro's like Ubuntu. Full LAMP installation in under an hour. Just follow on screen instructions."

    I agree, take a look at this guide: "www.cjfay.com/lamp.html"
    There is also the How to Forge LAMP setup one: "www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06"

    Got a question for everyone, does XAMPP really work, if yes, then that is the EASIEST option you have available. There's like literally a few commands only.
    XAMPP = "www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html"
     
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