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

[Hankinson, Andrew]

 Although not for the faint of heart, Gentoo has the best package system
of them all in my opinion.  If you're unfamiliar with Gentoo, download
the LiveCD and give it a whirl.

That said, I'm interested in trying Ubuntu - seems like it's got quite a
following these days.

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Ferraro
Sent: July 6, 2006 8:58 AM
To: Ross Singer
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Which Linux Distribution for a Library Web
Server?

Hi Keith,

At LibLime, we use Debian Sarge for most of our systems. Index Data
maintains a debian apt source that has the latest versions of their apps
(including the latest yaz which you'll need for ZOOM Perl). Also, the
latest CPAN version of Net::Z3950::ZOOM has a bug in the Makefile.PL, if
we bug Mike Taylor he might upload a fix ;-). In the meantime, just
comment out the line:


#   OPTIMIZE          => "-Wdeclaration-after-statement -g -O0"

If you need more recent versions than supplied by the package maintainer
you can always check out backports.org.

Hope that helsp.

Cheers,

--
Joshua Ferraro                       SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
President, Technology       migration, training, maintenance, support
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On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:59:21AM -0400, Ross Singer wrote:
> 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
> >-------------
> >Keith Engwall
> >Head of Library Systems and Technology Catawba College 
> >kengwall at catawba.edu
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