[SOLVED] recommended OS for 10 user installation

[tolmarc]

I've got a client on a tight budget. Is the way to go is ubunto server? ubunto desktop?

thx for any suggestion.

[uxbod]

You would need Ubuntu server; are you looking at the Community or Network Edition of Zimbra ? As a high majority of the documentation is written for RedHat you may wish to use CentOS. A lot of us already do

[tolmarc]

I'm not familiar with CentOS. Is it the same as Red Hat Enterprise Linux? thank you for the clarification on this.

[weigenmann]

Hello tolmarc,
Short answer is: Yes

Quote: Taken from CentOS site www.centos.org - The Community ENTerprise Operating System
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.

Cheers,
William

[tolmarc]

Thank you for the answer. I've dont some reading and understood what centos is.

I just don't want anything that is complex to manage. Just a simple system for 10 users.

[uxbod]

You cannot get much simpler than CentOS; and as I said most of the documents are tailored towards RHEL.

[Hivos]

If management complexity is a concern, then for a 10-user install you could consider a hosted Zimbra install.

[tolmarc]

thx for the explanation. will try.