11:57 p.m.
Hey guys hope everything is ok.
Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to get a
laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change and
I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that I'm now
bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with is my home
server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now that my eee has
very little space for downloading. I current run Debian etch and am thinking
of giving something like fedora a try or would I be wiser to try something
like centos?
Thanks in advance
Jon.
midnight
Hi Jon,
Debian Etch ought to be all you need for a home server, if you need any
help getting it to new tricks let me know... might include windows
shares, remote desktop, ftp, web server, whatever really. Personally I
think apt is far more efficient than Yum and the pre-configured packages
are easier to get your head around.
However if you have to go with a rpm based distro I'd say CentOS is the
lesser of two evils :P
Sincerely...
Steven Maddox
(Cyorxamp)
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http://www.cyorxamp.info
Jonothon Nihill wrote:
Hey guys hope everything is ok.
Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to get a
laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change
and I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that
I'm now bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with
is my home server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now
that my eee has very little space for downloading. I current run Debian
etch and am thinking of giving something like fedora a try or would I be
wiser to try something like centos?
Thanks in advance
Jon.
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12:09 a.m.
There is nothing wrong with Debian at all I've had no problems with it at
all it's really been a breeze to use. I'd like to give something different a
try. and hey if it doesnt work out I can always go back to Debian.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) <
s.maddox(a)cyorxamp.info> wrote:
Hi Jon,
Debian Etch ought to be all you need for a home server, if you need any
help getting it to new tricks let me know... might include windows
shares, remote desktop, ftp, web server, whatever really. Personally I
think apt is far more efficient than Yum and the pre-configured packages
are easier to get your head around.
However if you have to go with a rpm based distro I'd say CentOS is the
lesser of two evils :P
Sincerely...
Steven Maddox
(Cyorxamp)
Cyorxamp's Personal Website
http://www.cyorxamp.info
Jonothon Nihill wrote:
> Hey guys hope everything is ok.
>
>
> Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to get a
> laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change
> and I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that
> I'm now bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with
> is my home server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now
> that my eee has very little space for downloading. I current run Debian
> etch and am thinking of giving something like fedora a try or would I be
> wiser to try something like centos?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jon.
>
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12:16 a.m.
I'll probably get shot down for saying this on a linux user group
mailing list, but have you considered FreeBSD?
12:20 a.m.
Or
GNU/Hurd... even NextStep... or Solaris!
Sincerely...
Steven Maddox
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Joe Zambon wrote:
I'll probably get shot down for saying this on a linux user group
mailing list, but have you considered FreeBSD?
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2:36 a.m.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp)
<s.maddox(a)cyorxamp.info> wrote:
Or
GNU/Hurd... even NextStep... or Solaris!
Sincerely...
Steven Maddox
(Cyorxamp)
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> I'll probably get shot down for saying this on a linux user group
> mailing list, but have you considered FreeBSD?
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Or how about Ubuntu server? It is debian, so all the niceness and
goodness from that, along with a decent community and lots of
support...
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2:38 a.m.
/me spits
Sincerely...
Steven Maddox
(Cyorxamp)
Cyorxamp's Personal Website
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Kris Douglas wrote:
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp)
<s.maddox(a)cyorxamp.info> wrote:
> Or
>
> GNU/Hurd... even NextStep... or Solaris!
>
>
> Sincerely...
>
> Steven Maddox
> (Cyorxamp)
>
> Cyorxamp's Personal Website
> http://www.cyorxamp.info
>
>
>
> Joe Zambon wrote:
> > I'll probably get shot down for saying this on a linux user group
> > mailing list, but have you considered FreeBSD?
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Or how about Ubuntu server? It is debian, so all the niceness and
goodness from that, along with a decent community and lots of
support...
2:43 a.m.
i'm with whoever said FreeBSD... and now i'm going to bed... try
gentoo if bsd isn't your thing - it's linux with portage ;)
yeah night
On 02/03/2008, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) <s.maddox(a)cyorxamp.info> wrote:
/me spits
Sincerely...
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(Cyorxamp)
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Kris Douglas wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp)
> <s.maddox(a)cyorxamp.info> wrote:
>> Or
>>
>> GNU/Hurd... even NextStep... or Solaris!
>>
>>
>> Sincerely...
>>
>> Steven Maddox
>> (Cyorxamp)
>>
>> Cyorxamp's Personal Website
>> http://www.cyorxamp.info
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe Zambon wrote:
>> > I'll probably get shot down for saying this on a linux user group
>> > mailing list, but have you considered FreeBSD?
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> Or how about Ubuntu server? It is debian, so all the niceness and
> goodness from that, along with a decent community and lots of
> support...
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7:07 a.m.
On 01/03/2008, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to
get a
laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change and
I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that I'm now
bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with is my home
server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now that my eee has
very little space for downloading. I current run Debian etch and am thinking
of giving something like fedora a try or would I be wiser to try something
like centos?
CentOS is the one you need or Debian.
Nuff said :-)
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intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release
System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a
snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a
fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.
10:22 a.m.
thanks for the sgueestions guys. will let you know what I end up doing.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:07 AM, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <
dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
On 01/03/2008, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to get a
> laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change
and
> I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that I'm
now
> bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with is my
home
> server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now that my eee
has
> very little space for downloading. I current run Debian etch and am
thinking
> of giving something like fedora a try or would I be wiser to try
something
> like centos?
CentOS is the one you need or Debian.
Nuff said :-)
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Dick Turpin
http://www.cannon-linux.co.uk
Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for
intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release
System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a
snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a
fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.
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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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6:24 p.m.
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.....
6:37 p.m.
I have to say I would just stick with the Debian Etch
Jonothon Nihill wrote:
Hey guys hope everything is ok.
Since my main desktop gave up the ghost (don't ask) I decided to get a
laptop and ended up with an asus eeepc. It makes for a refreshing change
and I'm all happy again. Anyway I recently got to thinking tonight that
I'm now bored again. The only thing I can think of messing around with
is my home server. It handles downloads etc (even more important now
that my eee has very little space for downloading. I current run Debian
etch and am thinking of giving something like fedora a try or would I be
wiser to try something like centos?
Thanks in advance
Jon.
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