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Okay help me choose a distro... please.

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restin256:
I think fedora would make a good server distro, but not based on experience. Either that or BSD.

Refalm:

quote:WMD: Because I swear I've seen it.  :D
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You're correct.

preacher:

quote:Originally posted by WMD:
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.

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I fully disagree, I have run Mandrake as a server ever since I started using it (5 years ago) the recent versions are their best yet, with very few bugs and awesome stability. Uptime on my old Mandrake 9.0 pushed 250 days as a dns, http, ftp, ssh server. Also my current 9.1 Mandrake server has had uptimes over 100 days although currently its at only 8 days due to long power outtages that my UPS couldn't handle. Also turning off the gui is simple. There are options so you don't need to install a gui, and you can boot directly to a command prompt.

Have you used Mandrake lately? It doesn't sound like it since you are telling someone things that aren't true about it.

WMD:

quote:Originally posted by ThePreacher:
Uptime on my old Mandrake 9.0 pushed 250 days as a dns, http, ftp, ssh server. Also my current 9.1 Mandrake server has had uptimes over 100 days although currently its at only 8 days due to long power outtages that my UPS couldn't handle. Also turning off the gui is simple. There are options so you don't need to install a gui, and you can boot directly to a command prompt.
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No shit?  Well I had heard that 9.0 and 9.1 specifically were quite buggy.  And turning off the GUI...well any Linux should have that available via telinit 3, though many newbies would be frightned by the command line.  :D

insomnia:

quote:Originally posted by 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.
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All distros can do this.
For a server, I like these:

SuSE: Even without X11, Yast2(The 'all-in-one' SuSE configuration tool)works very good from the command line. Very good security, but not all free.
 
Fedora: Best RH yet.
Easy, stable, all free.

Slackware:
The most Unix-like.
Most stable distro ever.
Less easy for beginners.

 
quote:Originally posted by Bill Ford:
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.

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If you know a little UNIX, Linux will be easy...
Start here for documentation:

http://www.tldp.org/

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