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and said:

> it's been a few years since i've played around with linux. i need to set
> up
> a new web server using linux and postGres sql. can anybody recommend a
> good,
> free linux distribution?

debian

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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:14:49 +0100, William Tasso put finger to
keyboard and typed:

>Fleeing from the madness of the jungle
>Dica <genpub5.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>and said:
>
>> it's been a few years since i've played around with linux. i need to set
>> up
>> a new web server using linux and postGres sql. can anybody recommend a
>> good,
>> free linux distribution?
>
>debian

I second that. Unless you need to have a GUI on the machine as well,
in which case go for Ubuntu (which is essentially Debian with a pretty
front end).

Mark
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:13:28 +0100, Toby Inkster wrote:

> Dica wrote:
>
>> it's been a few years since i've played around with linux. i need to set
>> up a new web server using linux and postGres sql. can anybody recommend
>> a good, free linux distribution?
>
> I like Mandriva. Nice and easy to install; comes with Apache, PostgreSQL,
> MySQL, PHP, Perl and Python, and all the libraries you need to get them to
> talk to each other; includes a decent firewall; what more could you want?

Don't forget easy urpmi. Set up your sources and dependency worries
are a thing of the past- makes package installation stupidly easy.

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news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:

> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:14:49 +0100, William Tasso put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
>
>> Fleeing from the madness of the jungle
>> Dica <genpub5.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>> and said:
>>
>>> it's been a few years since i've played around with linux. i need to
>>> set
>>> up
>>> a new web server using linux and postGres sql. can anybody recommend a
>>> good,
>>> free linux distribution?
>>
>> debian
>
> I second that. Unless you need to have a GUI on the machine as well,
> in which case go for Ubuntu (which is essentially Debian with a pretty
> front end).

I thought about mentioning that gui thing with Ubuntu but decided against
on the grounds that the o/p definately asked a server Q. Also, Ubuntu
does wierd (to me) stuff with user:root.

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Dica wrote:

> it's been a few years since i've played around with linux. i need to set up
> a new web server using linux and postGres sql. can anybody recommend a good,
> free linux distribution?

I like Mandriva. Nice and easy to install; comes with Apache, PostgreSQL,
MySQL, PHP, Perl and Python, and all the libraries you need to get them to
talk to each other; includes a decent firewall; what more could you want?

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freemont wrote:
> Toby Inkster wrote:
>
>> I like Mandriva. Nice and easy to install [...] what more could you want?
>
> Don't forget easy urpmi.

I considered mentioning it, but decided "easy to install" covered it. I've
got a mixture of Debian, Mandrake (old version, prior to the name change)
and Windows servers at work; and urpmi is IMHO the best package manager of
the three.

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