08-01-2016, 10:33 AM
Hi,
My $.02 is that Debian uses older packages that more closely online with online tutorials. Ubuntu works great too, but I had more difficulties configuring it due to newer packages. Naturally the choice is yours and there is no right answer. However, for me, Debian was better from a simplicity standpoint.
This post provides a great point. You need to install PHP7. Now I am not sure how the inclusion of PHP7 changes the configuration requirements for Wordpress. There may be none or there could be quite a few. You need to sort that out. If you used Debian, you could follow the tutorial pretty much as written. I get fed up with stuff like this and just went with Debian and could not be happier.
I would add that I use MariaDB and it is pretty much a plug and play MySQL replacement.
My $.02 is that Debian uses older packages that more closely online with online tutorials. Ubuntu works great too, but I had more difficulties configuring it due to newer packages. Naturally the choice is yours and there is no right answer. However, for me, Debian was better from a simplicity standpoint.
This post provides a great point. You need to install PHP7. Now I am not sure how the inclusion of PHP7 changes the configuration requirements for Wordpress. There may be none or there could be quite a few. You need to sort that out. If you used Debian, you could follow the tutorial pretty much as written. I get fed up with stuff like this and just went with Debian and could not be happier.
I would add that I use MariaDB and it is pretty much a plug and play MySQL replacement.
