Recomendation for Linux Version for MSM GPL?

Squiz Matrix Installation
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Hello,


Before getting going with MSM, I am hoping to get a recommendation about which of the three Linux' (listed under the MSM requirements page) to use for running MSM 3.20 GPL version;



Debian Linux 4 (etch) - 32/64 bit

CentOS 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 - 32/64 bit



I understand that CentOS is essentially a free version of RHEL so my decision seems to be between Cent OS and Debian (unless there is a compelling reason to use RHEL over the others).



I only plan to host one site with MSM. This site won't be overly complex but will contain a fair number of pages, as well as image and pdf content after a while. Stability and ease of use is important since I have not much experience with Linux yet. One specific item I am wondering about also is which control panels are better and which upgrade procedure is better between these different Linux'.



Any feedback would be useful, thanks in advance,





Bjorn.

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I can't offer you a strong recommendation, but I can tell you that we use Debian on our dev systems internally so you'll probably find the most help for that distro on these forums.

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Couple of data points:


I've found CentOS very easy to set up and maintain for MSM GPL.



Avoid Plesk8 as a control panel, even with expert help we failed to PostgreSQL running properly. Personally I'd stick to a vanilla command line environment, at least you know what is going on then.



cheers, martin

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[quote]Hello,


Before getting going with MSM, I am hoping to get a recommendation about which of the three Linux' (listed under the MSM requirements page) to use for running MSM 3.20 GPL version;



Debian Linux 4 (etch) - 32/64 bit

CentOS 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 - 32/64 bit[/quote]



We use Debian Etch (64 bit) on our 4 production machines and internally on some other servers. I prefer is over Red Hat as I find it makes more sense and the package management is IMHO superior to others.



We do not install a desktop environment (this is normally recommended for servers), as all access is via an ssh session.





Richard

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I use ubuntu and manage everything from the command line.

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Thanks for the info / recommendations.


I'll keep these in mind when I do the initial setup.