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Newb-Friendly Linux Flavor For LAMP Server?

Posted by samzenpus on from the setting-the-bar-low dept.

First time accepted submitter bhcompy writes "I need to setup a system to serve 2500 users and I've been looking at a LAMP setup. This is not commercial, more of a personal side project for some friends. I've no experience configuring or administering a Linux server having worked with MS and PICK based solutions my whole life, so I'm looking for something that will be relatively straightforward to implement and not a chore to manage and preferably not completely CLI. I will be serving a forum(phpBB 3 suits my needs and seems adequate) and a variety of PHP driven content with a MySQL backend. Requirements are PHP 5.3.0+ and MySQL 5+. Suggestions?"

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  1. SME server by Raleel · · Score: 3, Funny

    I haven't verified that it has all the versions that you want, but I've used SME server on and off over the years for such things. It's quite newb friendly, and not completely command line. There are quite a few other options as well.

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  2. Side project for some friends, eh? by turkeyfeathers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that you, Zuckerberg? I'm not setting up any systems for you without a firm contract.