Best server OS for running up-to date software
- by rjstelling
I need to configure a server (*nix) that runs our (bespoke) CMS and Applications.
In the bast I have defaulted to using Cent OS 5, but I find this difficult to upgrade the software to the versions we require.
For example, we need PHP 5.3, but CentOS 5 has 5.2. Updating is fine but breaks something else (normally MySQL support in PHP).
Eventually…