Re: Which OS would you choose given a free choice

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angie ahl wrote:
> Hi guys

Hello,

> I'm getting a new server and was planning on going with Fedora Core 3
> and plesk. But it was just suggested that I maybe consider FreeBSD and
> DA. Never even heard of DA (about to look it up) but being a Mac user
> I must know a little about FreeBSD.

OSX mmm yum ;p never heard of DA (may be an indication to stay away ;p) 
Plesk is very difficult to admin and not very intuitive, that is why all 
of our users that had free trials of Plesk and cPanel went with cPanel 
except one guy who stopped doing his website altogether...

> So if you had a free choice of OS and control panel what would you go
> with and why.
> 
> I need speed, reliability and the perl I'm doing does max my CPU (it's
> evil code). Security is of course an issue, Normal web master worries
> really.

FreeBSD for security and reliability and cPanel for both reasons *and* 
its the industry leader with the most features and best support and ease 
of use. http://cpanel.net/ has a list of features for both the admin and 
user parts of it.

Just my .02 - HTH :)