Re: A distro to run the common Internet Servers (email, web, ftp, etc)

From: Aragorn (stryder_at_telenet.invalid)
Date: 09/18/05 

Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:52:47 GMT

On Sunday 18 September 2005 04:52, Adam McCarthy stood up and spoke the
following words to the masses in /comp.os.linux.misc...:/

> What is a good distro to recommend for running Email, Web, FTP, NFS,
> and more.

All of them! :-)

> I love distros like Gentoo since you can customize everything but that
> would take forever to compile things on my 120MHZ/96MB machine.

You could go with the GRP packages. Just pick the ./iso/ image for your
architecture, and download the Packages CD /.iso/ as well.

Just follow the instructions on how to perform a Stage 3 install and on
how to install the GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform).

If you have another (and possibly more powerful) Gnu/Linux machine on
your private network, you can use /distcc/ for distributed compiling.
The Gentoo manuals cover all that.

> I need something with the latest software and reacts pretty fast to
> security issues.

Gentoo is as much bleeding-edge as you can take. ;-) Mandriva will also
soon be releasing their 2006 Edition - it's currently still in RC2
stage.

> Also, anyone wanna tell me why I should run Linux for my server
> instead of FreeBSD?

Because you want to support the Free Software Foundation, of course. :-þ

No seriously... If you're happy with FreeBSD, then I see no real
advantage of switching to Gnu/Linux. Both operating systems are
technically quite good, although Gnu/Linux may have a wider support in
software packages than FreeBSD.

You have the freedom to choose... ;-) 

-- 
With kind regards,
*Aragorn*
(Registered Gnu/Linux user #223157)

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