[olug] Distro recommendation

[Terry]

If you want an RPM based Linux, try whitebox linux.  Otherwise,
slackware is a a wysiwyg....great for older hardware....its a bitch to
keep updated though for security reasons...i would be less concerned
about that since it is for internal/home use.




On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:55:58 -0600 (CST), Daniel Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 02:47:48PM -0600, Ryan Stille wrote:
> >> I need to install linux on a 333Mhz machine with 128MB of ram.  It will
> >> serve as a web server, low volume file server (less than 50MB of stuff),
> >> and eventually a router.  I don't know how big the hard drive is,
> >> probably 3-5GB.  I will need X installed but will only fire it up once
> >> in a while to administer something (like the web interface on an
> >> attached wireless bridge).
> 
> There are some distributions aimed at the "salvage server" market.  Check
> out "http://distrowatch.com/" and go to the search page.  From there,
> check out some of the Firewall/router distros and see about adding
> Samba/Apache/etc.
> 
> Or, check out "DSL" (Dang Small Linux) It has a really stripped down
> bootable CD that brings up X11 and some simple apps including a graphical
> web browser on an old laptop at work (P2-300 with 64MB RAM and 6GB HDD).
> I believe DSL uses RPMs as its package manager, but I don't now if RedHat
> RPMs will work with it out of the box.
> 
> Dan
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