Which Linux server distribution to choose for an absolute beginner?

Question

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The subject is stated in the title. It is necessary to raise the proxy, shaper and play a little trick with balancing two WANs. All my life I have used only desktop Ubuntu (and for a very short time, I confess) and once upon a time raised Squid on Debian stable without a GUI, but in the latter case it all came down to copy-paste and minimal editing of configs in MC via SSH.
The whole problem, to simplify, is that I know exactly what and where I need to configure, but I know only three tools (nano text editor + aptitude + MC package manager) that can do this.

Answer 1

Well, put yourself an ubuntu server or debian, since they have already been dealt with. If you are too lazy to get into the console, install pfSense not Linux of course, but the necessary functions are out of the box and are configured through the webmord.

Answer 2

in production, only two distros rule
: ubunta and rchel with centos;
everything else is no longer in trend on production systems.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

What do you want to do, such a distro and see.
If you want to dig and collect lots and lots, do optimization, and "more of a programmer", then Source-Based distribution (Gentoo)
If from the administrator's point of view - install, configure, integrate, then Binary-Based (Debian\Ubuntu server)
If from the user's point of view, then Ubuntu Desktop

Answer 5

XPENOLOGY for a beginner
, there is nothing easier and more reliable.
In general, courses on Ubuntu or Redhat, the rest is not popular and, accordingly, is meaningless

Answer 6

It doesn't matter what distribution, be it Suse, Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS. You have a list of tasks, doing which according to the manuals you will still stumble, for the reasons that the manuals are not updated for distributions + "a little shaman with balancing two WANs".
Here manuals like "copy&past" are indispensable.

Answer 7

Started with Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS (now there is 14.04 LTS, but there may be a lack of information on specific tasks). Start small: install; installation of software from repositories, .deb packages, source codes. Over time, the desire to do a little tuning will come when there is an understanding of the operation of the OS itself.

Answer 8

The whole problem, to put it simply, is that I know exactly what and where I need to configure ...
= pozdravlayu - eta problema universalnaa°> k sojaleniu na pomosh! prihodyat nemnogie ...
Sovetuyu Vam otkrit obshestvo po vzaimo-ponimaniyu dannoy probleme ...
Eto luchshiy put dlya Vas.
Ne vse tak scary - like kajetsya.

Answer 9

Ubuntu and don't worry

Answer 10

I recommend Zentyal - It's a Debian-based gateway. It has a nice Web muzzle.
The second option is ClearOS - a gateway based on CentOS (Redhat)

Answer 11

Definitely Ubuntu. I started with it myself. It is easier to understand how Linux distributions work.
After mastering this, it is easier to switch to other distributions. I set up everything that you asked for on ubuntu server 12.04 LTS, I don’t know grief.