That’s how cPanel has done it for years. Most hosting companies I’m aware of use CentOS, which I think is a version of RHEL.
Google says Ubuntu Server. I haven’t ever encountered it. When I did my own hosting, I used Debian. CentOS was way more than I needed, and I found Debian a lot easier to work with. My current hosting provider runs CentOS. Most of the ones in the past that I’ve had did as well. They kind of move like a herd, and like to stick with what works and everybody knows, which has been CentOS since the 90’s AFAIK. Go to some hosting sites and see what they say. -David Schwartz > On Mar 9, 2026, at 10:19 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > AI is telling me that the commercial hosting companies configure hosting like > : /home/user/public_html This is for an Ubuntu server using PHP-FPM (each > vhost has a unique pool user that is also ssh and sudo). > > Your Thoughts? > > Keith > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
