I'm comparing deals on dedicated servers. I think I found a pretty sweet one.
Now my choice is in the operating system. Initially, I wanted redhat linux, but it wasn't available. So my choices are CentOS, Gentoo, Fedora Core, & FreeBSD. I've used fedora core briefly and I liked it so I was going to go with that. However, when I click on that package, it has the words "not reccommended"... wtf, why? Anyhoo, I heard great things about Gentoo so that was my next choice. But if I choose that, I can't get any control panels with it. So I think I am settling on FreeBSD 5.x with cPanel. Any suggestions/discussions about why fedora core is not reccommended? Why gentoo won't come with a cPanel? And if running a BSD box would have any disadvantages?
choices, choices.
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choices, choices.
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Gentoo isn't on CPanel's official list of supported operating systems ( http://www.cpanel.net ), so my guess is they can't because it's not available to them.
Fedora is fine in general as a server, maybe they were just saying that because in their opinion or accordingly to information they've received, another Linux or BSD operating system would be the better choice? That's my guess.
Fedora is fine in general as a server, maybe they were just saying that because in their opinion or accordingly to information they've received, another Linux or BSD operating system would be the better choice? That's my guess.
Re: choices, choices.
Ideally, you should ask the people making the non-recommendation.scrotaye wrote:I've used fedora core briefly and I liked it so I was going to go with that. However, when I click on that package, it has the words "not reccommended"... wtf, why?
But my guess would be that Fedora Core *is not* a commercial OS, and has no corporate support. While it is a community driven effort, and has substantial community support, there is a big difference between that, and (for example) Redhat Linux. RHL is based off of Fedora Core, but has corporate support, and a considerably "stabilized" development process that reduces the number of changes a year.
Or put another way, FC is on the bleeding edge, and supporting it can be challenging for a company. (No matter how well engineered it is.)
Gentoo can be fairly nice, but may be a little daunting if you haven't used it extensively before. It gives you the +5 double-barrelled shotgun of power that can easily blow your own foot off if used the wrong way.scrotaye wrote:Anyhoo, I heard great things about Gentoo so that was my next choice. But if I choose that, I can't get any control panels with it. So I think I am settling on FreeBSD 5.x with cPanel.
Given the options, I would definitely go with the BSD box. BSD is a mature, stable, well-tested unix. Just about everything works with it, and hosting providers love the stability it offers. Add a control panel to that, and its a no-brainer in my opinion.scrotaye wrote:Any suggestions/discussions about why fedora core is not reccommended? Why gentoo won't come with a cPanel? And if running a BSD box would have any disadvantages?
My thoughts exactly. I've been searching BSD vs. linux and it seems that people favor freebsd. It could just be because they're rooting for the "underdog". But, i like the arguments. Plus, it will be managed if I ever have any trouble.
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I have a preference for command line only control nowadays.. CPanel isnt bad, it just leaves a lot to wish for, when you are managing yor own dedicated machine.. I have one CPanel machine (on which I sell virtual hosting) and while It's pretty stable and reliable, it sure leaves a lot to be desired when I want to do some customizations.. I also have a dedicated Debian box , with *no* control panel at all, which I use for my development, and hosting high load apps or games that dont work well on the CPanel box (CPanel's way of doing things is decidedly not optimal for certain kinds of high traffic websites.. and by High Traffic, I mean to the tune of thousands of GB a month in data transfer - 5,000 GB a month on a single machine is not uncommon where I work)
For your purposes, I'd say BSD with CPanel would do ya, if your main goal is an easy to manage webserver, but if you want something you can *DO* stuff (think outside the box stuff) with, you'd be better off with a bare "no control panel at all" machine, and learn to use Command Line for management... Ive already tried to update my CPanel box to Python 2.4 (it won't let me) and I've had to do some serious hacking to get certain things to work the way I want them to, but if all I was doing was hosting websites and offering customers a nice pretty CPanel, I'd go with CPanel.. and probably either RHEL or BSD....
Just my 2 cents worth..
For your purposes, I'd say BSD with CPanel would do ya, if your main goal is an easy to manage webserver, but if you want something you can *DO* stuff (think outside the box stuff) with, you'd be better off with a bare "no control panel at all" machine, and learn to use Command Line for management... Ive already tried to update my CPanel box to Python 2.4 (it won't let me) and I've had to do some serious hacking to get certain things to work the way I want them to, but if all I was doing was hosting websites and offering customers a nice pretty CPanel, I'd go with CPanel.. and probably either RHEL or BSD....
Just my 2 cents worth..