cluce Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I currently have a php and mysql datadriven website. It works fine on my local machine(WIndows) but when I publish it to the web I get a MySQL connection error. So decided I want to install UNIX on a virtual PC and give that A try. UNIX anad LINUX is all new to me. Can somone recommend a version of UNIX and where to download it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 It really doesn't matter much which OS you decide to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taith Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 95% of the servers in the world are linux... that much said... its really down to preference, but linux has been known to parse faster and be a "little" less tempermental... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluce Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 well I wanted something free. I know some of them cost a little bit. I have found freeBSD on the web that looks interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 pretty much any linux distro is free to download, you can pay if you wish to get it on disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 95% of the servers in the world are linux... that much said... its really down to preference, but linux has been known to parse faster and be a "little" less tempermental... Where did you get those statistics from? I don't know the real numbers, but I seriously doubt that 95% of all servers run Linux. IIS has a 30% market share according to Wikipedia's 'Web server' article IIS does not run on Linux. Here are some other statistics and surveys: http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/05/01/may_2007_web_server_survey.html http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200610/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 There are also a number of php extensions that are not available on windows. The Process Control functions spring to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluce Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 thansk for the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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