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[Paul Smith <paul AT foundryzero.com>]

	Linux is ideal for setting up a home web server. RedHat Linux 9.0 is 
probably not the best distro choice, though: RedHat has discontinued 
the "RedHat Linux" distro, and 9.0 is the last version. They've also 
set the end-of-life for RH9.0 for the not-so-distant future (not sure 
when tho).
	"Free" RedHat Linux is now called Fedora (http://fedora.redhat.com) 
and is now "community-supported, RedHat-sponsored". I haven't tried it, 
but from what I can tell it looks like what I'd expect RH9.1 or RH10 or 
whatever would look like.
	With the "RedHat Linux" distro's it's been possible to upgrade from 
one version to the next without much trouble (well, easy for minor-rev 
upgrades, sometimes not-so-easy with major-rev upgrades), but you 
almost certainly won't be able upgrade from RH9.0 to Fedora or use any 
Fedora RPMs in RH9.0. If you're just getting started, you'd be better 
off getting started with Fedora (or some other distro) than RH9.


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On Jan 20, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Michael Best wrote:

> I am considering setting up a web server machine at my home to host 
> some of
> my web sites.  So far, I've installed Red Hat Linux 9.0 and not much 
> else.
> But now I'm kind of stuck.  Also I'm not even sure if Linux is the way 
> to
> go.  I've heard good things about BSD (Open/Free) also.  What I'd 
> really
> like is an install will give me what I want out of the box: web, 
> email, dns,
> ssh, web-based configuration for all of the above, plus perl, php, 
> c/c++
> compilers, tcl, mysql, etc.
>
> What experience have you had with setting up a web server?  Thanks for 
> your
> time.
>
> -- Michael Best
>
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