[HLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - is it a stable LAMP environment?

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

I need to get up and running a web server with a recent version of PHP 5.2, and a relatively recent Apache.  We use RedHat as a distro at work, however, even in RHEL5 the PHP version is ancient and not working with many apps.  We can upgrade that package, but there is no point in then getting the RedHat license.

I am either thinking of going with Debian Etch or Ubuntu 8.04.  Ubuntu has a slightly later PHP and Apache, but I am wondering whether they are as stable as Etch?  I am used to Debian Etch, and would like to stay with this, but if people are using the LAMP stack in Ubuntu successfully, then I think my web developers would be a lot happier with us.

Thanks.
Andrew.