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FanIn80 · 10-13-2011, 01:25 PM

I know I could technically install a desktop distro and then just throw in a LAMP install, but I'm looking for something a little more server and a little less desktop (if that makes any sense).

MS has their SMB offering which is Windows Server with MS SQL, Exchange, AD and IIS packaged together. I'd like to find something similar in a Linux distro. I know about Ubuntu's console server offering, and I'll be using a couple of them in VMs, but I'd just like an overall GUI to use for looking after the day-to-day stuff that comes up on the larger scale.

Mind you, now that I've typed all this out, I suppose I could use a desktop distro and then put all my server stuff into console VMs...

Anyway, I'm looking at CentOS right now. I'm going to sandbox it in a bit and see if it's what I'm looking for, but in the meantime, I was hoping to gleam off someone else's practical experience.

Needs
- GUI for day-to-day network tasks. Users, permissions, configs, etc etc. Just all that daily crap that comes up.
- MySQL production server
- Apache web server (production)
- Tomcat application server (production)
- SFTP server (production)
- Exchange-esque server of some sort (I haven't looked into this yet, and it's a little bit down the road, but if someone has some knowledge in this area, I'd be all ears)

Anyway, they don't all need to be part of one distro. I have 16GB of RAM and a 6 core processor, so I can split a few of these things off into VMs. I mostly just need a general server with a decent GUI. Also, when I say production, I do mean production, but on a fairly small scale.

10-13-2011, 01:25 PM	#1
FanIn80 GOAT! Join Date: Jun 2006 Exp:	Windows SMB Server Equivalent in Linux? I know I could technically install a desktop distro and then just throw in a LAMP install, but I'm looking for something a little more server and a little less desktop (if that makes any sense). MS has their SMB offering which is Windows Server with MS SQL, Exchange, AD and IIS packaged together. I'd like to find something similar in a Linux distro. I know about Ubuntu's console server offering, and I'll be using a couple of them in VMs, but I'd just like an overall GUI to use for looking after the day-to-day stuff that comes up on the larger scale. Mind you, now that I've typed all this out, I suppose I could use a desktop distro and then put all my server stuff into console VMs... Anyway, I'm looking at CentOS right now. I'm going to sandbox it in a bit and see if it's what I'm looking for, but in the meantime, I was hoping to gleam off someone else's practical experience. Needs - GUI for day-to-day network tasks. Users, permissions, configs, etc etc. Just all that daily crap that comes up. - MySQL production server - Apache web server (production) - Tomcat application server (production) - SFTP server (production) - Exchange-esque server of some sort (I haven't looked into this yet, and it's a little bit down the road, but if someone has some knowledge in this area, I'd be all ears) Anyway, they don't all need to be part of one distro. I have 16GB of RAM and a 6 core processor, so I can split a few of these things off into VMs. I mostly just need a general server with a decent GUI. Also, when I say production, I do mean production, but on a fairly small scale.