What OS should I use for my server?

Sigton

Planning to hopefully build a PC to be used as a server, nothing expensive or fancy just a PC I can run 24/7. Not sure what OS to use though. Needs to be able to run python, but basically every OS can so that doesn't narrow it down much.

Sigton

saofan123

gentoo

bybb

Linux.
I may be a Windows fan-boy
read Windows fan-boy in the “Fridge raider fan-boy” voice, it's hilarious xD
but if I were to run a server, or have a system dedicated to programming and not for gaming and programming, I would use Linux.

Linux is the ONLY good OS for servers, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

herohamp

bybb wrote:
Linux.
I may be a Windows fan-boy
read Windows fan-boy in the “Fridge raider fan-boy” voice, it's hilarious xD
but if I were to run a server, or have a system dedicated to programming and not for gaming and programming, I would use Linux.

Linux is the ONLY good OS for servers, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I fully agree with bybb. I would just like to make this more specific. Use arch linux or ubuntu server. One good reason to use ubuntu server is you can get help from all there ubuntu tutorials.

DatOneLefty

i would recommend Ubuntu. it runs both of my servers, which run all 4 of my websites and powers my 2 Minecraft servers. They are fast, easy to set up, and have hundreds of tutorials online

herohamp

DatOneLefty wrote:
They are fast, easy to set up, and have hundreds of tutorials online

Yeah, thats what is really nice about ubuntu. But I will bring this up until you switch, ubuntu server is better as a server than normal ubuntu

cheeseeater

Unless you are managing a suit of Windows systems, go with Linux every time. I personally use Ubuntu Server or Debian; you'll get what you want set up with little effort or time. You'll find full documentation and solutions to all your problems online.

There are few reasons to run Windows on a home server, especially non-server editions. Windows Server tends to be deployed to manage other Windows systems in school or business environments.

herohamp

cheeseeater wrote:
There are few reasons to run Windows on a home server, especially non-server editions. Windows Server tends to be deployed to manage other Windows systems in school or business environments.

+1

nanalan

If you happen to run Linux on your personal computer, go for the same distro if possible - it'll help dramatically in setting up production+development environments as commands will be more-or-less the same and they'll be less to learn. I run Fedora 25 locally, and 22 on my Linode server.

Otherwise, just pick Ubuntu or something.

novice27b

Debian 9 was just released officially yesterday: https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617

Personally, I'd say it's better than Ubuntu Server because the packages will be more stable in general, and it will probably require less maintenance. There isn't a huge difference between Debian and Ubuntu Server though.

Since Ubuntu and Debian are closely related, you most of the documentation/instructions you find online will apply to both.

iwotastic

+1 for Ubuntu. I use it on my VPS which powers all of my servers.

timkoiwindowsvista

If you are making web apps in Java, Python, Node.js, you should use CentOS, Debian or OpenMandriva - Ubuntu was always a terrible server OS.

If you are just hosting HTML pages, you can just install Python 3 and run:

python -m http.server 80

Last edited by timkoiwindowsvista (June 18, 2017 19:56:29)

herohamp

timkoiwindowsvista wrote:
If you are making web apps in Java, Python, Node.js, you should use CentOS, Debian or OpenMandriva - Ubuntu was always a terrible server OS.

If you are just hosting HTML pages, you can just install Python 3 and run:
python -m http.server 80

No. For hosting html use nginx also ubuntu server is a GREAT server os

novice27b

timkoiwindowsvista wrote:
If you are making web apps in Java, Python, Node.js, you should use CentOS, Debian or OpenMandriva - Ubuntu was always a terrible server OS.

If you are just hosting HTML pages, you can just install Python 3 and run:
python -m http.server 80

http.server is only intended for temporary testing, use a real web server like nginx for “production”. Just to name a few important features, http.server won't handle gzip encoding, SSL, or HTTP/2.

timkoiwindowsvista

novice27b wrote:
timkoiwindowsvista wrote:
If you are making web apps in Java, Python, Node.js, you should use CentOS, Debian or OpenMandriva - Ubuntu was always a terrible server OS.

If you are just hosting HTML pages, you can just install Python 3 and run:
python -m http.server 80
http.server is only intended for temporary testing, use a real web server like nginx for “production”. Just to name a few important features, http.server won't handle gzip encoding, SSL, or HTTP/2.

I know, but I said it is only for hosting HTML pages and not for making advanced web apps with SSL and HTTP/2.

MegaApuTurkUltra

bybb wrote:
Linux

herohamp wrote:
arch linux

nanalan wrote:
Linux

I'd just like to interject for a moment

__init__

timkoiwindowsvista wrote:
novice27b wrote:
timkoiwindowsvista wrote:
If you are making web apps in Java, Python, Node.js, you should use CentOS, Debian or OpenMandriva - Ubuntu was always a terrible server OS.

If you are just hosting HTML pages, you can just install Python 3 and run:
python -m http.server 80
http.server is only intended for temporary testing, use a real web server like nginx for “production”. Just to name a few important features, http.server won't handle gzip encoding, SSL, or HTTP/2.
I know, but I said it is only for hosting HTML pages and not for making advanced web apps with SSL and HTTP/2.

SSL and HTTP/2 have nothing to do with the “advancedness” of a webapp. They're useful for connection security and speed.

herohamp

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:
bybb wrote:
Linux
herohamp wrote:
arch linux
nanalan wrote:
Linux
I'd just like to interject for a moment

MegaApuTurnUltra making constructive posts since July 2014.

Jonathan50

FreeBSD or OpenBSD or Debian

herohamp wrote:
MegaApuTurnUltra making constructive posts since July 2014.

Okay

Last edited by Jonathan50 (June 19, 2017 03:48:46)

Blaze349

GNU/Linux

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