a little help with Linux Networking...

[tracernet_v2]

good day...

any one of you here familiar with networking in Linux...?

i have to create web/proxy/dbase/name servers for a company with windows installed in their PCs... i only have to refresh on the installations of these servers, but if you can help i would really appreciate it... and i dont have to worry about changing their OS... i shall be creating web-based applications for thier dbase...

i just would like to know:

1) what are the new STABLE versions of apache, BIND, MySQL and PHP/PERL in the Net right now that i can download for FREE...
2) which versions of this applications are stable for Fedora Core 2, Red Hat 9.0, and Slackware 9.1...

pls help... i would really appreciate it if you give me tips and not mock me...

[Icarus]

Mock you on what? Asking a straight forward question? :p

Red Hat 9 is as stable as it will get. They are no longer supporting upgrades for this so it might be a good idea to avoid that.
I'm using Fedora Core 1 as an Apache, mySQL and PHP server and it has been very stable with the latest patches.
I don't have much experiance with BIND, but verion 9 is the latest (which, as much as I know, works very different then version 8)
Here's what I have for latest versions which have proven stable for me

apache - 2.0.49
BIND - 9.2.2
MySQL - 3.23
PHP - 4.3.6
PERL - 5.8.3

Slackware 10 is available and I would recommend that over 9.1

[tracernet_v2]

thanks for that one... at least i had a right answer...

but a friend of mine who has been using Slackware for years asked why is Slack 10 recommended over 9.1... i mean he wants to ask what bugs are there in 9.1, if there are any...

[Icarus]

Originally posted by tracernet_v2
but a friend of mine who has been using Slackware for years asked why is Slack 10 recommended over 9.1... i mean he wants to ask what bugs are there in 9.1, if there are any... I would say mainly for the kernel update. The 2.6.x kernels are excellent.
Newer packages also that are usually good (anyone remember Evolution before the 1.0 release? ;))

It's usually a good idea to keep the packages updated as they mostly fix exploits and vulnerabilities (and add features sometimes)