On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:23:46PM +1000, bill pearce wrote: > Hi , I was wondering if anyone can assist me in selecting an operating > system of Linux for a business. [...] > he name of my website still under construction is www.jobsite.com.au Could > anyone recommend a Linux Enterprise Platform that will be able to run my > site.
Are you planning on doing all the setup, programming, and system administration yourself? If so, you basically want whatever distribution of Linux you feel most comfortable with. Different people like different ones. The list of likely candidates you'll want to try includes RedHat Enterprise, Debian, SuSE, and E-Smith (although I've heard rumours they're not around any more). I personally find Debian to be a good fit for almost anything, and I've got many sites running on it. Rock solid stability, timely security updates, and it's flexible enough to be put to basically any task you'll need. But Debian suits my personal style very well, while it may not suit yours. If you're planning on outsourcing the management of your infrastructure, or getting someone in to look after it for you (not a bad idea, as the issues involved in running a major commercial website are subtle and varied), then you'll pretty much end up going with whatever the person you use is familiar with. That's not a big problem, as the underlying software in all Linux distributions is very similar, and there isn't much between them. What the different distributions give you is different management interfaces, pretty much -- different ways of installing packages, configuring programs, and that sort of thing. There's nearly no difference between the software you use to actually run your site. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
