Balmung-San Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Okay, so I'm about to convince my manager that our current webserver is bad, and needs to be replaced (it's Windows 2000 Server, running IIS5 ). I'm going to propose to him a switch to Linux, Apache, SQLite, and of course, PHP. However, it's no use bringing up Linux without a specific distro in mind, and that's where I'm having problems. I just can't decide which distro is best for my situation. Our only real requirements are that it needs to be free, and needs to have some sort of extra security (such as SELinux, etc.). Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I would probably be inclined to go with Debian. Its a good solid distro with heaps of packages and support available, and it is one of the easier ones around to use. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/#findComment-175693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_oliver Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 If you dont like Debian CentOS is always a good choice. As its so similer to redhat, its got loads of support, yum makes installing a doddle, and firewall is fantastic! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/#findComment-176435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balmung-San Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 I'd looked into CentOS before, however I'm a little unsure of it due to lack of documentation on the website. What kind of security features does it have? I hadn't considered Debian yet, which I'm thinking is a bit of an oversight on my part. I've heard that Debian is a pretty good one, but I can't find much on security features on their site. What does it offer for security features? It seems to me like what they have up on the website is things that ever distro has. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/#findComment-177356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_oliver Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 CentOS does not offer much on its web site because it is exactly the same as RedHat Just free! The releces are made at almost identical times. Resion being some of the people who origionaly wrote the RedHat components when it was free did not want to pay for it. There for the only real diffrence is that theres no paid support. All of there rpms for redhat work on CentOS, and there is tones of help out there, as its the same as RedHat help. I would realy recomend CentOS 4.4 as its sercure, simple, and stable!! (plus yum is a really time saving feature!) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/#findComment-177461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 If security is an issue. Try looking at SE Linux (Security-Enhanced Linux) which is some programs/tools from NSA to, well, enhance security on a Linux distribution. I haven't tried it though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36770-best-distro-for-this-situation/#findComment-180971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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