discuss: HOWTO about small&silent servers
Subject:
Re: HOWTO about small&silent servers
From:
"Rodolfo J. Paiz" ####@####.####
Date:
10 May 2004 15:28:22 -0000
Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040510092222.026c6380@mail.simpaticus.com>
At 06:15 5/7/2004, Christian Schnobrich wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 08:23, Machtelt Garrels wrote:
>
> > What I would appreciate in such a HOWTO is which distro to choose, as the
> > standard ones will be overkill and maybe to heavy to run on old PCs.
>
>Generally, I don't like it at all when HOWTOs are specific for a certain
>distribution, or someone tries to explain why a certain distro is better
>than others. [...]
>
>I'm using Debian [...] there has to be a way to get it done using any
>other distro -- I'd rather have a few hints on how to bypass the
>official setup tools than declare certain distros unsuitable for the
>task. But being a Debian-only user, I have no clue whatsoever. Could you
>provide a few lines on the subject?
Speaking as a RedHat-only user (well, Fedora now too), I have not had any
problem using Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core with any machine down to a P/75
with 32MB of RAM. Everything and anything that a small server needs can be
installed, configured, and used without installing X or any unneeded
services/tools/packages/whatever. For machines down to a 486/25 with 8MB of
RAM, I have successfully and happily used RULE (see my other recent post).
Debian and Red Hat will both run somehow on nearly all machines still in
working order today. Those two are a significant chunk of the market; now
all that remains is to make a similar evaluation for the two or three other
distros (Suse, Mandrake?) that matter.
Cheers,
--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
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