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I preffer Unix. Rarely Linux for webserver.

Tufle wrote:I preffer Unix. Rarely Linux for webserver.

Why do you like unix better then linux?

FreeBSD and Linux are both great for Web Servers

I run both XUbuntu and WinXP, but I prefer WinXP, because it's easy with new hdd, and network-drives (so i can edit and copy without ftp) works out of the box.

the xubuntu-server and my ubuntu-server are great, and dead stable.

Any UNIX based OS,just not windows

You want to know what is power and security : Windows, with IIS.

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I'm joking, same answer (Un*x like) but it depends what do you want to do.

Windows 2k3 . It OS has enything i want. A just loved GUI like OS. It's my firs love

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.

Well, since your going to put it that way, OpenBSD.

linux of corse¬_¬

If security is your number-one priority, and you can stomach using a UNIX-like OS, then I highly recommend OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org). It's arguably the most secure operating system in the world, it's 100% free (BSD-license) and because it's a BSD, it's rock-solid.

BSDs, and esp. OpenBSD have a bit of a learning curve, so I'd highly recommend getting the book "Absolute OpenBSD - Unix For The Practical Paranoid". You can find it at Amazon, or if you're feeling cheap and criminal, I've seen it on the torrent sites.

I recommend at least trying it in a VM - you won't be disappointed.

I would go with a BSD distro for a long term solution. For something quick and dirty, I would download Knoppix and run a livecd distro. Server gets wacked, np, restart. You can also never go wrong with a well secured Win box running Apache.

RedHat and CentOS (bot linux based) are really the two best webserver OS platforms out there. Of course it depends on what you need. If you need ASP and .NET based applications, best to stick with windows.

Personally RedHat is very nice because of the RPM package manager it has. Just download an RPM package of your favorite application, and you can install in without a sinch on your system. Much the same way .DEB work on Debian based distros.

Best advice would be to install a few choice distros on a test machine or dual-boot, and mess around with them a bit.

Well, unix based webservers are obviously the best. Linux is one of those, however, some people usually corporate client sometimes seeking windows as they will provide a complete solution for the business environment....

as alg8662 mentioned, OpenBSD would be my first choice, you have everything there and nothing to lose (IE. services and such).

Now, please note that OpenBSD is the most secure OS out of the box, if you are a lousy administrator, even your OpenBSD box can be rooted if you put a lot of insecure stuff going on.

Also, check on books and maybe install the OS on your PC so you can try new things before you drop them on your server (in case it is a production-level server).

Just my 2c.

CentOS is also an excellent enterprise level linux OS incase anyone is interested.