On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 09:10 +1000, Phill wrote: > I have been playing around with linux for a little while now and want > to setup a web server that incorporates webdav and jsp largely for uni > > > > I currently use mandrake 10 because of the simplicity to setup. What > is the general feeling about mandrake amongst SLUG and is there a > better flavour to use. Bearing in mind that I have definite time > constraints so it must be quick & easy to install and maintain plus > cope with multimedia. How does mandrake compare with fedora and > debian?
Well, I see Mandrake as a desktop distribution. That means that it's
straightforward to use on a workstation and it's feature-rich for that
segment. Last time I looked into it though, Mandrake weren't as thorough
with security updates etc. For apache in particular it's in an odd
position: The Mandrake guys have gone to great lengths to make packages
for all the Apache modules -- urpmq tells me there's 95 that I can
currently install. I think it's odd because I just don't know of many
organisations who run Mandrake as a webserver.
Anyway, if you're on a tight time budget I suggest you stick with what
you know. Check out this page:
http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php
For help configuring urpmi to install all that java stuff. I suggest you
use the compressed index option (there's a checkbox at the bottom). That
will give you the command to get this stuff:
http://www.jpackage.org/
sucked into urpmi. After that, installing tomcat (which you'll need for
jsp) will just be a case of running
urpmi tomcat5
or tomcat4 or tomcat3, as you wish. The apache2-mod_dav package will do
webdav for you, though I can't tell you if it works or not. Do a bit of
research into this, mod_dav runs as nobody out of the box, so that's
likely to play havoc with your permissions.
To answer your question: I personally would not run Fedora on a
production box just yet. That's probably paranoia speaking, but I've
just had too many issues with the 'up2date' tool it ships with. Debian
is awesome on servers, but the installer is a little intimidating. I
likewise would not generally recommend Mandrake on a server but if you
want to get something up and running quickly then it's a good choice. Be
sure to firewall it though; that goes for any of them but I think it's
especially important on Mandrake since it just doesn't get much testing
as a server.
HTH,
James.
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