RedHat is as good or bad as any of the distributions. Redhat is not my
personal preference -- and note, I said preference. I don't back my
opinion with lots of objective data because that's a subjective
valuation. I've been using Caldera, but I've started playing with SuSE
and I think I like it better. Also, I would stay away from
distributions like Macmillan Linux for Windows or Phat Linux. The
reason is that these are loopback distributions really designed for
folks who need Linux and Windows but don't want to or don't have the
facilities for dual-boot. The distribution is actually a file in a DOS
partition.
The thing to be concerned about no matter what distribution you use is
that the Perl, mod-perl, and Apache installed on the distribution is
probably not at all current -- afterall, the CD was probably burned 6
months ago. Download current source and build your own. Also, don't
install mod-perl as a DSO. It'll work kinda' sometimes maybe. It's
considered experimental and that means NOT production. Build mod-perl
static.
Also, another piece of advice for what it's worth. If your going to
add SSL, build and test apache with mod-perl first, and then go back
and add SSL. There may well be a work-around that I'm not aware of,
but basically the problem is that mod-ssl is looking for an encryption
key on startup, and mod-perl doesn't know anything about that. The
result is that the server won't start and the mod-perl tests won't run.
-- Rob
--On 08/26/00 23:22:03 +1000 Rod Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking to migrate a small modperl-based webhosting and ISP
> service from NT to some flavour of Linux. Are any particularly
> modperl-friendly or unfriendly or are they all much the same ? I'm
> fairly comfortable with Redhat, but I hear stories of packages being
> broken.
> Any feedback or pointers to discussions, articles etc would be much
> appreciated.
> Thanks
> Rod
>
>
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