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Old 08-21-2007, 12:17 PM
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im wondering if any1 knows of some home server software i could use to host my website off ( im turning a pc into a deticated server and my ISP is letting me) i heard 1 or 2 mentioned over the last few weeks ima try to find them right now and look into them but thought maby i could get some input from any1 thats used or knows of 1 (needs to have mysql /php support) free or pay for doesnt matter...
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Old 08-21-2007, 12:40 PM
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I suggest Apache 2. Apache will run on any OS. It supports PHP and MySQL. Apache is one of the worlds most powerful/secure http servers. Apache is free to download too! www.apache.org

Others will argue the fact and say use IIS, but you need a Windows Server OS (XP Pro also has IIS). IIS supports PHP and MySQL also. IIS is not free to download, it comes on you Windows OS CD (although I think it may be downloadable from microsoft.com, but you must have a genuine copy of Windows that is capable of running it).

Other good choices are Personal Web Server (for Windows 98). I think this might be a super old IIS (could be wrong though).

Lighttp is also a good choice - its very light weight and fast! Not sure which OS's this is usable on as I've only seen it on *nix based ones.

You're best bet though, is Apache.
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Old 08-21-2007, 12:59 PM
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thanks ALOT !!! just for the heck of it ima look @ IIS before i decide but being as ive heard apache mentioned so much and its free i think ill be going with that for sure, what would be the best system to run an apache server on? does linux have a server based OS? im not fimiliar with them too much been meaning to look into there other OS right now i just have 1 linux system and its on a partition pretty much just for war driving since alota the tools i use are linux based lol
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Any Linux can technically be a server OS, you just to install the right software.

However, I strongly recommend using Debian (personal favorite), Slackware (for the gurus), or X/Ubuntu (for the n00bs). Other good choices are any flavor of BSD, but these tend to be rather difficult to get setup for the everyday person.
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thanks for the replay again... hows debian for setup considering im a noob, a noob whos got some patients and background though...
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Since you have at least a minimal background with Linux, I would strongly recommend using Debian. There is a huge community to help you with your learning curve as well. One of the best places that helped me (still does to this day) is the LQ. They have a Debian subforum in the Distributions forum. Please there is the ever growing Linux Server Talk (which I am a super moderator of) which is a smaller community (way smaller), but is more focused on servers.
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lol just reading through old post help me lol cheers for creating this thread
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IIS7 is on Vista. There is great support for PHP using FastCGI.

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Instal...tions-on-IIS7/

http://iis.net
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