My problems were mostly with the default Ubuntu install. Ruby and Passanger just don't seem to get along at all with Ubuntu.
The other problem that I had was with a java app, and well the less said about running java the on a religiously 'free' system the better. Anyway it was more of a learning curve thing than anything else, the summary of it is spelled out as "Don't necessarily expect a popular linux system to support a popular web frame work". -Rob On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Nikhilesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had no Linux experience and got myself a Linode slice last month. > Was forced to, actually, because my shared host complained about high > CPU usage and shut down my site. > > The Linode IRC was very helpful. > > I also wrote a Getting Started guide on the Linode wiki to help people > who were moving from shared hosts and don't know much about Linux > (except maybe ls -l) > http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/Getting_started is about setting > up Apache, MySQL, PHP and APC caching. > > Rob, what config changes would you suggest to the default Ubuntu > install that they offer? > > Nick Jasuja > --- > www.diffen.com > Diffen. Discern. Decide. > > On Mar 12, 3:11 pm, "mike begley" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Awesome. I just signed up with linode.com and created a slice. >> >> Now to figure out how to install apache/mysql/php on here. I've been using >> BSD pretty much exclusively for the last...good god...quarter century. >> Linux is still kinda weird to me. Everything is hidden in bizarre places. >> >> Joy. >> >> -mike >> >> > Blue Box Group - blueboxgrp.com The specialize in rails, but >> > they do other hosting as well. They also sponsored Startup Weekend. >> >> > Linnode - fairly cheap, rock solid and reliable. (Though >> > their stock Ubuntu image leaves a bit to be desired.) >> > > Anyone have recommedations for web hosting or slice hosting? I'm >> > > looking at slicehost.com. They seem pretty well regarded. Anyone >> > > have others that they recommend? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
