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As far as how to install and maintain Drupal, there is no need to dig further. Installing Drupal in any hosting provider is simply a matter of decompressing a tarball; Drush on the command line gives the seasoned sysadmin a wealth of administrative aids. However, when considering integration with the system as a whole, there is ample room for improvement. Drupal cannot exist outside of a given environment: the PHP version used, the way it is integrated into its host operating system, the modules for connecting to the database, and the database engine itself. Ideally, they will all make up a coherent entity, with a single, unified administrative logic. Looking at each component individually would quickly lead to madness, especially for the sysadmin, who has to keep the whole stack secure and updated.

Debian

Debian is one of the earliest free­software distributions built around Linux. By the time this article is printed, Debian 8 (code­named Jessie) should have been released, with over 35,000 binary packages (that is, independent programs), and lives according to the distribution's motto, the universal operating system. It runs from the smallest embedded devices to the largest workstations, across many different hardware architectures.

System-wide Integration

One of Debian's strongest merits – what has made it a lively, energetic community with a sound technological platform and projection into the future – is its policy. Despite the amount of available packages, they are all standardized: They are all configured in the same location, follow the same layout logic, and are guaranteed not to clash with one another. But where this policy shines most brightly is when it is applied to keeping things
optimally administered. Debian provides security support throughout the stable release cycle, not just easing the system’s installation. As was already stated, our Drupal installs involve quite a bit beyond just Drupal itself. So, on a freshly ­installed system, the task of installing

Drupal is just a matter of running: