What distribution should I choose?
What distribution should I choose? I'm new to Linode, and linux. I'm making websites (php based) with Kirby CMS.
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Whatever one you want. All will support apache2(8), nginx(8) and php(1)…which is all you need. In a VPS environment, the one with the fanciest GUI is probably the worst one to use. X-Windows-based GUIs are practically worthless unless the distance between your personal machine and the VPS is very (very!) short (measured in feet & yards).
I happen to like Debian (v 10 Buster) at the moment…it's stable and doesn't change much between minor releases. However, I'm ever-optimistic that Linode will support FreeBSD someday (like DO does…hint, hint ;-)
-- sw