> > My company asked me to find out what server would be best to set up a small
> > (10-20 people) Web server on an NT machine. This will be an intranet solely
> > for the use of a small group of developers, administration folks, and tech
> > writers.
> Trash the NT O/S. Go to BestBuy and buy RedHat linux 5.1 for under
> US$45.00. It comes with everything you need. EVERYTHING you need for
> less than US$45.00. How can anyone argue with that? And it is
I agree that Linux will do the trick, and do it cheaper, faster, and
far better. I would suggest, however, that you consider TurboLinux 2.0,
or even SuSE as RH 5.1 seemed kind of buggy to me. RedHat 5.0, if you can
get it, is rock stable, and I went back to it after trying RH 5.1.
Caldera is supposed to have several very stable releases also.
But you know, unstable Linux releases tend to be a lot more stable
than NT. Uptime on a loaded Linux server is often weeks to months, vs
rumors I hear about NT crashing "once or twice" a week. NT is like cheap
wine, Linux is more potent stuff, with conneseur suggesting various
vintages are better than others. However, it is cheaper than NT by a long
shot, and you can even download it from the net if you have budgetary
problems.
RedHat is easy to install. Skip Metro's version of X Windows however.
XFree86 and such are easier to set up right.
SuSE Linux, a German brand, has the disadvantage of an installation
configuration adjustment tool that will muck and discard your manual
tuning. Some say, however, that 2.0.34 kernel may not be as stable as
earlier releases. I though it was simply RH's build and associated tools
that were not well integrated, but I suppose it could be the kernel. SuSE
has more tools than RedHat, including proxy servers.
http://www.suse.com/
http://www.redhat.com/
Caldera sells older releases, but they have been really shaken down
and are more stable than the latest Linux release. They have Open Linux,
which conforms more closely to the Open standards for Unix.
http://www.caldera.com/
Debian is said to be rather good, but needs more expertise to
install, as it is said to ask a lot of questions.
http://www.debian.org/
Turbo Linux 2.0 has a very nice X windows default setup, and seems
stable. Kernel is 2.0.33, whereas I think RH 5.1 is 2.0.34
http://www.pht.com/
http://www.cdrom.com/
http://www.linux.org/
http://www.cheapbytes.com/
While cheapbytes may have the cheapest prices, you should consider
buying Linux as having a political component, deciding which organization
you wish to support. RedHat pioneered the install system and really
started a lot going. Caldera is suing MS over predatory business
practices. SuSE donated several hundred CD's (sans source,) which SVLUG
handed out to people buying win98 the night that Win98 was released.
(SVLUG made the national press when it nearly caused a riot that night,
handing out the CD's. But then, some of the midnight madness sales a few
stores ran nearly created their own riots, SVLUG merely piggybacked on
them.)
> But if you stick with NT then why not give Apache for NT a try? I
> heard that IBM supplied some info on improving Apache on windows. I
http://www.apache.org/
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