Re: HOWTO - Linux Home Server (review)

From: Doug Zimmerman (nobody_at_nowhere.non)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:04:43 GMT

Good stuff! I've been thinking of purchasing Marcel Gagne's
_Moving_to_the_Linux_Business_Desktop_ because he covers
many of the same topics. (The business/home distinction
is immaterial, as the functions described are similar.
See the TOC on the page linked, below.)

Gagne's book is described at -
   http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0131421921
and reviewed at -
   http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8989/ur0408o/

Question: Why Sendmail rather than Postfix? Sendmail is
harder to configure and much buggier...

Wishlist: Dial-on-demand for areas where DSL, Cable,
and Satelite are not available or uneconomic. ISDN and
POTS are still with us, as well as the need for backup
routing when the primary service goes down. If the
FreeSCO floppy-based router/firewall can do it...
http://www.freesco.org/

Fedora: Seems a good choice to me. While FC1 and FC2
have had issues, FC3 apears to be pretty solid. One
advantage of Fedora for newie server admins is the
wealth of good books on Fedora and Red Hat admin.
Debian, for all its merits, lacks documentation.
The commercial distros are great, but you can't beat
the price of Fedora.

One more request for a PDF version, but wait until you
finish the other chapters.

Very nice work!

Doug Zimmerman

Miles Brennan wrote:
> G'day All,
>
> Im currently drafting an installation guide to configure Linux as a
> networked home server gateway with all the email, www, smtp, ftp, dns,
> dhcp, squid, mySQL, samba, NFS (etc) applications documented.
>
<snip>
>
> The HOWTO is currently being drafted at: http://www.brennan.id.au
>
> I appreciate any feedback/comments on the document, particularly if the
> concepts are easy to read/understand by the newer members of the community.
>
>
> Regards,
> Miles Brennan.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Users and Groups
    ... Jacques B. wrote: ... But I have no idea how to write a Help on Fedora. ... I have gone there and joined the Documentation list. ... However you do not have a methodical approach to Linux ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Users and Groups
    ... But I have no idea how to write a Help on Fedora. ... I have gone there and joined the Documentation list. ... However you do not have a methodical approach to Linux ... Short and sweet a bug is when an application does something ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Where Fedora Went Wrong (nice conclusion)
    ... Fedora in length step further to actually contribute that would make a ... contribution to documentation and will be happy to contribute again when I ... performed by many people for the good of the worldwide community. ... I use and recommend the email service at 1 & 1 ...
    (Fedora)
  • Some thoughts on "ESR: Goodbye Fedora"
    ... the update program I used with the old RH distributions. ... than Fedora in this respect. ... I do feel that the hostile reaction to ESR ... While the documentation project is certainly a worthy aim ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: HOWTO - Linux Home Server (review)
    ... Fedora: Seems a good choice to me. ... advantage of Fedora for newie server admins is the ... Debian, for all its merits, lacks documentation. ... Miles Brennan wrote: ...
    (linux.redhat.misc)