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bill_ford:
Okay, Im not going to bother with switching my desktop to Linux yet. However I do want to switch my Windows 2003 Router/DNS to Linux. I can use my little linksys box until thats finished.

I dont want it done quick, I want it done so I learn howto do it, how to reconfigure it, and other things.

I need a DNS Server, Decent Security, Routeing.

First I will start with asking what distro should I get. Actually dont tell me what you think I should get if you can. Rather, educate me on the pros and cons of each distro.

I use a little UNIX command prompt at work sometimes, have no idea how UNIX/Linux works, and maybe some pointers of where I can start would be nice.

Thanks for any help you give guys.

hm_murdock:
Redhat or Mandrake. Those seem to be the easiest to get going that would work.

Gentoo is very nice, I use the live CD version of it to run my hard drive-less iBook. I think Gentoo is much more angled toward the desktop though.

WMD:
Well for servers, Redhat(9) or Slackware.  Redhat is easier to get going, but Slackware is good if you really want to learn how the stuff works.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  ;)

BIND is Linux DNS server, routing...I can't remember how that works exactly; and the IPTables firewall is built into Linux (just needs configuration).

Webmin is good configuration software for all this...if you go with Slackware this is especially important.  I got it from RPMfind.net and converted it to a Slackware package.  Redhat, Mandrake, and all those come with good software for this.  Also I wouldn't reccommend Mandrake for a server very much...it's known to be a little buggy, and turning off the GUI and being full-console (typical server operation) isn't something Mandrake has an easy switch for...I think.

Hope this helps  

Refalm:
*Sigh*. Red Hat 9 is OLD! The next version of Red Hat 9 is called Fedora.

You can download it here (download the i386 ones, NOT the SRPM ones!).

WMD:

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
*Sigh*. Red Hat 9 is OLD! The next version of Red Hat 9 is called Fedora.

You can download it here (download the i386 ones, NOT the SRPM ones!).
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Do you have that post saved in a file that you just copy out to here?  Because I swear I've seen it.  :D

Fedora seems more like a desktop distro to me, and for casual servers RH9 still works good.

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