Re: Unix/Linux Box

[Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization..ca>]

Ralph Glatt wrote:

> Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization..ca> wrote in message
> news:<UWN0b.793127$3C2.17967848@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>...
<snip>
>>         As a personal opinion I find software runs faster under Linux
>>         than it
>> does under Windows.
>> 
>>         My reccommendation is to go with something like RedHat rather
>>         than
>> Mandrake (Crashes as much as Windows) or a Debian varient (more for
>> developers).
> 
> RedHat is what I was thinking, but I'm open to any suggestions. Thanks,
> Mike!
> 
> 
> Ralph Glatt

        In the end it really comes down to what works for you. In essence you are
looking for a firewall/router/bridge/terminal server. RedHat would give
you literally EVERYTHING you would ever want (except multimedia).
Although I haven't used it, I hear RH 9.0 is very good as a server
installation. Since you aren't using the machine with a monitor you can
get away without installing all sorts of graphic and sound utilities.

        An alternative you may want to investegate is http://freshmeat.org for
any pre-canned distributions matching your criteria.

                                Later
                                Mike



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