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diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md index 5c5a7437d..eddcf78a6 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started.md +++ b/docs/getting_started.md @@ -108,12 +108,13 @@ You'll need to find a tech person who knows about hosting websites using Apache and Linux. They don't need to know Ruby on Rails, but it would be a huge advantage if they do. -You'll also need to source a server. You should ask your tech person to help -with this. The minimum spec for running a low traffic website is 512MB RAM and -a 20GB disk. 2GB RAM would be ideal. We recommend Debian Squeeze 64-bit as the -operating system, though any sort of Linux should do. Rackspace offer suitable -cloud servers, which start out at around $25 / month. Then your tech person -should follow the [installation documentation]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/). +You'll also need to source a server. You should ask your tech person to +help with this. The minimum spec for running a low traffic website is +512MB RAM and a 20GB disk. 2GB RAM would be ideal. We recommend the +latest Debian Wheezy (7) or Squeeze (6) 64-bit or Ubuntu precise (12.04) +as the operating system. Rackspace offer suitable cloud servers, which +start out at around $25 / month. Then your tech person should follow the +[installation documentation]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/). Alternatively, you could use Amazon Web Services. This has the added advantage that you can use our preconfigured [Alaveteli EC2 @@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ can see what requests look like to them. When trying things out, you need to wear several hats -- as a site administrator, an ordinary site user, and as a public authority. This can get confusing with several email addresses, so one quick and easy way to manage -this is to use a throwaway email service like http://mailinator.com. +this is to use a throwaway email service like [Mailinator](http://mailinator.com). <a name="step-2"> </a> |