Re: [Staffslug] Distro for home server
Yeah I keep getting the same sort of results whenever I look. Just
downloading centos now. I did have Debian on there before and it worked
well and wasreally easy to use. I'm downloading centos 5 now and will
give that a try. I dont think I'm quite upto that kind of challenge
although I did try PC-BSD and that was quite easy to use but I want
something without a dekstop top as It's not going to have a monitor
hooked upto it.
off-topic I know but does anyone know of a website that gives down to
earth info on any of the bsd variants I have add so I need easy to
understand reading otherwise I lose interest in seconds.
~Jon.
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 02/03/2008, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> thanks for the sgueestions guys. will let you know what I end up doing.
>
>
I have not ever set up a home server (other than served shares from a
Windows machine which doesn't even begin to cut the mustard). So,
with that in mind, I would suggest either Debian, CentOS or FreeBSD.
I say these with my total lack of knowledge simply because I am going
to be setting up a home server in the very, very near future. I've
been reading all over the place and looking at the suggestions and
it's always those three that people say to use. I shall probably go
with Debian but... if I do try CentOS then I know somebody fairly
close to me (hi Peter) who has a nice little amount of CentOS
knowledge :-) Apart from that, it would seem that if you are
comfortable with Linux then you may like a bit more of a challenge and
go down the FreeBSD route (they've just released a new version by the
way).
I shall be setting my server up on a proper server box too :-) A
Compaq ProLiant ML 330e that I was given in the week. I haven't a
clue what the specs are as yet.....
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