nginx is what I choose to use these days. Couple of comments: * Make sure that your init script is actually working. The init script you posted a link to plac

nginx is what I choose to use these days. Couple of comments: * Make sure that your init script is actually working. The init script you posted a link to places the pid file in a different location than the default for a source compiled nginx. * There's an Ubuntu package for php+fpm somewhere on Launchpad. https://launchpad.net/~tarkus/+archive/ppa https://launchpad.net/~tarkus/+archive/ppa * gzip support on older IE versions is iffy. See http://bit.ly/A0CRd http://bit.ly/A0CRd for a config that ignores those browsers.