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TheQuirk:
I am toying with the idea of running a fully-fledged server to host a bunch of websites for free (I got a job, and I could take the plunged for about $170 a month with some shady co-locater). I am just curious, which would FMS recommend: RH, Debian, or FreeBSD for the server OS?

voidmain:
I have used all three for similar functions and I think they are all fairly equal for doing what you want to do (at least between RH and Debian). Another thing you might want to consider if you want to run any proprietary software it could make a difference. For instance a few years ago I set up RealServer so several of the sites on the host in question could stream RealVideo/Audio. I believe at the time they only supported Linux (and possibly Red Hat specifically if memory serves me correctly) but I never tried getting it to work under FreeBSD. I know they have opened up a lot of their software, maybe things have changed. At any rate that's just one example.

[ January 11, 2003: Message edited by: void main ]

Master of Reality:
Slacwkare. I prefer it for my server than redhat.
And if you go with a BSD i suggest OpenBSD.

MES is running on FreeBSD though.

[ January 11, 2003: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / Bob ]

TheQuirk:
Those are my only choices because they're popular among hosts and because CPanel runs on them. (http://cpanel.net/realindex.html?from=http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/).

edustind:
I prefer freebsd.  The ports collection on it, makes it very easy to install/upgrade software.

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