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

[Alex Mace]

Hi Andrew,

I spent about 6 months using Ubuntu 7.10 as a desktop machine with the  
standard packages installed for web development and never had any  
problems with it. I haven't used Debian though so I couldn't comment  
if they're as stable as those packages. I'm also running 8.04 on a  
home server running a few websites, again with no problems. It's  
nothing running much load though!

I would imagine it would keep your web developers happy though :)

Alex

On 9 Jun 2008, at 10:29, 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.
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