[Web4lib] Which Linux Distribution for a Library Web Server?

[Ross Singer]

Keith,

I migrated from Debian to Ubuntu for these issues (timeliness of
'modern' packages).

If you're comfortable with the 'Debian way', you might want to take a
poke at Ubuntu 6.06 -- there are debs for PHP5/MySQL 5, Perl, YAZ and
Net::Z3950 shouldn't be much of a problem.

Fedora is also popular and will probably yield similar results, but
the 'Redhat way' is somewhat different than Debian, so it all comes
down to comfort.

Given the amount of community support surrounding those two
distributions, I don't see much reason to use anything else.

-Ross.

On 7/6/06, Keith D. Engwall <kengwall at catawba.edu> wrote:
> Dear folks,
>
> I have built a linux web server for our library web site, and am contemplating which distribution to use.
>
> Our library web site (http://libweb.catawba.edu) uses PHP and MySQL primarily, but there is at least one application that currently uses Perl, YAZ, and Net::Z3950.
>
> Currently, I'm having a go at Debian sarge. While it has been mostly successful, I've noticed that there is no deb for MySQL 5 and I've had some trouble installing the ZOOM Perl module, so I'm wondering if I'm barking up the wrong tree, distribution-wise.
>
> While I've got plenty of experience with standard web design, I've only scratched the surface when it comes to newer web-based applications, so I want to try to go with a distribution that others have used successfully.
>
> Any thoughts, opinions, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
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> Keith Engwall
> Head of Library Systems and Technology
> Catawba College
> kengwall at catawba.edu
>
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