Favorite Server OS

Computer Head · 11-28-2008, 05:59 PM

What OS does everybody prefer? Windows Server, Linux, etc.?

Neodude112320 · 11-28-2008, 06:01 PM

I Have tried a bit of Apache and ubuntu,and i must say it was easier then i thought to use.

I have NO Experience in windows server though.

j03 · 11-29-2008, 05:58 AM

Windows Server is OK (I've used 2k3, not 2k8 yet). I have also used Ubuntu Server, and I've messed with FreeBSD.

It depends what you are doing with it, IMO.

Computer Head · 11-29-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by J03

Windows Server is OK (I've used 2k3, not 2k8 yet). I have also used Ubuntu Server, and I've messed with FreeBSD.

It depends what you are doing with it, IMO.

I have worked with Windows Servers all the way to Windows NT 4.0 Server.

Jk · 11-29-2008, 10:36 PM

I used xubuntu on my server, very easy to setup and also very reliable. Kinda looking for something more barebone though.

wmorri · 12-02-2008, 02:25 PM

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Kinda looking for something more barebone though.

You could try a FreeBSD server if you wanted to. That is about as barebones as it gets. You just install the server and run it from terminal and that is all.

I have used Apache on both windows and linux and find that linux is much easier to use. I haven't run and windows servers, but primarily because I haven't had access to them, or the money to purchase a linsence.

Cheers!

Jk · 12-03-2008, 02:31 AM

Is freebsd hard to learn? I would probably try it on my PC first to get used to it. Thanks.

LukaszR · 12-03-2008, 05:00 AM

I use Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.

karling07 · 12-03-2008, 07:22 AM

I used to be a linux server guy, RedHat (I feel so old saying that) - but then Windows Server 2003 came along, IMO the best server OS ever made. Stable, with the updates it's practically perfect for everything I need.

LukaszR- what do you think of 2008? Every time I see the OS, all I can think of is "Windows Vista Server Edition" and then I crawl into a hole and hide

wmorri · 12-03-2008, 08:51 AM

Don't worry Jackson I know the feeling of saying that Red hat is the way to go. However for those of you that don't want to dish out the money to pay for Red Hat they can now get CentOS which is a community based version of Red Hat. This isn't Fedora which is great but actually a community of Red Hat crazy people.

To Jk, FreeBSD is that hard to learn. Have you ever used a command prompt before to run a system or just get to files it windows or other OS's. If you have then you should be pretty well set, if you haven't then it would be a great learning experience. You have run Xubuntu on a computer before, so I am guessing that you are at least a little familar with a command line. So I would give it a try. Just install the bare minmum and you should be set.

Cheers!

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11-28-2008, 06:01 PM	#2
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11-29-2008, 05:58 AM	#3
j03 Cheesoid Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 5,526	Re: Favorite Server OS Windows Server is OK (I've used 2k3, not 2k8 yet). I have also used Ubuntu Server, and I've messed with FreeBSD. It depends what you are doing with it, IMO.

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Jk In Runtime Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 236	Re: Favorite Server OS Is freebsd hard to learn? I would probably try it on my PC first to get used to it. Thanks. __________________ Evga 680i SLI Mobo \| C2d 6420 @ 3.2 \| 2gb RAM \| 9800gtx \| Corsair 750w \| Pioneer DVD Writer \| 330gb \| Antec 300 Ubuntu 9.04 \| Windows 7 I miss my opty :c

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karling07 Daemon Poster Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,099	Re: Favorite Server OS I used to be a linux server guy, RedHat (I feel so old saying that) - but then Windows Server 2003 came along, IMO the best server OS ever made. Stable, with the updates it's practically perfect for everything I need. LukaszR- what do you think of 2008? Every time I see the OS, all I can think of is "Windows Vista Server Edition" and then I crawl into a hole and hide __________________ traffic in the skyy

12-03-2008, 08:51 AM	#10
wmorri Daemon Poster Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,033	Re: Favorite Server OS Don't worry Jackson I know the feeling of saying that Red hat is the way to go. However for those of you that don't want to dish out the money to pay for Red Hat they can now get CentOS which is a community based version of Red Hat. This isn't Fedora which is great but actually a community of Red Hat crazy people. To Jk, FreeBSD is that hard to learn. Have you ever used a command prompt before to run a system or just get to files it windows or other OS's. If you have then you should be pretty well set, if you haven't then it would be a great learning experience. You have run Xubuntu on a computer before, so I am guessing that you are at least a little familar with a command line. So I would give it a try. Just install the bare minmum and you should be set. Cheers! __________________ LEARN BY DOING NOT BY FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS! Linux Forever! I thought you were a hispanic/african american? Who is the white guy in the pictures?

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