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

[Paul Stenning]

Hi Andrew,

Have a look at CentOS too.  It is a free RHEL clone but I don't know how 
current the PHP etc are compared to RHEL.

Our web server (at UK Dedicated / Flump) uses CentOS Enterprise 4.6 with 
cPanel and has Apache v2.2.8, PHP 5.2.6 and MySQL 5.0.45-community.  I 
don't know if these are updated with cPanel or CentOS though.  We have 
had this server for a couple of years and have had no stability problems 
with it.

I use Ubuntu 7.10 server on my local test server with no problems but 
that is not a realistic online environment.

Paul.


Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> 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.