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What do you think is the OS(Operating System) for you if you want to run a webserver on it?I mean the stableest and most secure.

Linux!

Thats a stupid question Everybody knows the safe and stable os -> Linux

zwickyy wrote:Thats a stupid question Everybody knows the safe and stable os -> Linux

Yeah but there are a lot of distros out there ,that`s why I asked the question ,btw BSD`s are stable too ,and many use unix ,so don`t be so sure that this is not a qood question.

So let it be:

Linux/Unix and it's all distributions

Gosh, but I cannot tell you which one is the most stable.

Linux/Unix and if I was to recommend a distro id say Red hat.

DjDarkman wrote:What do you think is the OS(Operating System) for you if you want to run a webserver on it?I mean the stableest and most secure.

for me, i'll grab a linux (Fedora by red hat).. phoenix-network got a linux too!

You could say posix complient OS this way ,but can you be a litlle more specific ,there are hundreds of distros out there ,and if you say linux ,you`re just reffering to the kernel ,but I`m not sure that all OS-es with linux kernel are designed to be servers ,true that most of them are ,but not all.

There are a lot of forum posts about linux distributions. You must check the other topics before want any suggestions about linux distros

zwickyy wrote:There are a lot of forum posts about linux distributions. You must check the other topics before want any suggestions about linux distros

What is your point?you mean that somebody posted a similar topic or what?

I din`t say that this is about linux distros ,not everyone uses linux distros as webservers ,there are OS-ez other than linux ,used for webservers.

I think it's Debian vs (free)BSD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... tributions
http://lwn.net/Articles/125779/

the only truly intelligent choice for a server OS is some form of POSIX system. most people feel that the BSD's are more SECURE than linux, and therefore better for a server.

I'd probably recommend OpenBSD for a server, because it's a BSD, and it's Open Source.

Although I have heard of people running servers on Gentoo Linux, which is a known developers distribution of linux, meaning, not even attempting stability. I wouldn't recommend doing that, but it's just a fun thing that there are people doing it

DjDarkman wrote:What do you think is the OS(Operating System) for you if you want to run a webserver on it?I mean the stableest and most secure.

FreeBSD, of course. It's still at the top last time i checked netcraft.

linux

very stable,and open source

al3xis wrote:linux

very stable,and open source

linux is the kernel ,if you want to refer to linux distros ,then please state wich distro are you talking about.