Gamin Server OS

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

hey i was ondering wut os i should use on this gaming server im building so plz vote and post ur opinion

[Iggy]

Linux. Hands down.

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

i dont kn linux well

[Iggy]

Then whyed you put it in the poll?

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

i dunno i could also learn i guess....but i heard that server 2003 wwas the shiat dudettes

[Robpol86]

here is the list in order from best to.. uhh.. "wth is this doing here" rank from ur little poll

Linux, Server 2003, XP Pro, and xp home (pfft, wth is this doing in the poll?)

[Dgtadude]

Does it really matter that much of what OS your server is running on . I know its more stable but will the speed change .... (if you have a fast computer already) ?

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

kinda depends....im gunna be using the amd athlon xp 2400+ but i want top of the shiznit u kno thats why i wanna kno wuts the BEST OF THE BEST

[SM xenex]

Well its obvious that for running a server linux is better, but as you said you dont know linux , i would go with win server 2003 .So win server 2003 gets my vote, i havent tried it yet , but you have no linux knowledgeso go with it.

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

lol most likely yea but i wanna hear sum pros and cons of all these dudettes and maybe ur own ideas for the os

[Robpol86]

Linux is most stable and takes less ram. But u gotta learn how to use it

Win2003 is the most stable from what i heard and Runs like a normal Windows computer, not much needs to be learned to use it.

Winxp pro is just.. windows. stable enough and easy to use.

xp home is kinda like xp pro for hosting games. i find it less stable but i might b wrong. and xp home isnt meant to be a server os, just a home pc user os

[dystopia]

for a client side game like MTA, it's more about bandwidth anyway, i don't think you'll see much of a difference between 2k3 and linux, now using xp home or pro then you'd probably see a difference, a bad one

altho i've used windows 2k pro, it ran ok as a webserver, dunno about as a game server tho

[Prokopis]

Why not dual boot Linux and Win2k3? Use win2k3 until you learn Lunix and then switch to that to see if there's any significant difference. I'd say steer clear of any XP OS when it comes to using your PC as a serv cause they eat up more memory and that as we all know is the biggest prob win OS's have.

[dystopia]

sounds like a good idea, yeah xp and it's cutesy images and unnecessary processes , blech imho you can probably survive with w2k3, i have (i too said i'd learn linux...4 years later i haven't even dl'ed a distro lmao)

[vass69]

linux doesnt crash

[dystopia]

lol w2k3 shouldn't crash unless you set it up wrong, i mean, i run php, mysql, perl, and asp.net and mine never crashes lol...just my pos verizon internet who took too many clients in the area, now we battle for ips like an old fucking aol 56k server

granted i've never tried a game server because i have squat for upstream, do they crash extremely often, or is it more due to cheaters?

[[nWg]ScarFace3]

well from wut the poll says im goin with my original idea 2k3....i will prob be runnin a part tyme mta servr but mostly a cs dedicated serv and maybe sum other games like dod for a lil but CS ALL THE WAY