[AuckLUG] Which Distro for small website/FTP

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

howto's are always a good place to start as they are more goal oriented; how
much harddrive space do you have to play with, if you have a decent amount
you could just download the install cd for etch or ubuntu server and install
it with Xwindows and install apache like that...

On 8/2/07, Daniel Mason <daniel.jrm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, Ill give it a go see if I can manage to get it
> up and running.
> I'm not too good with the linux console, but i know the basics. Is there
> any
> tutorial anywhere ?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
>
> On 8/2/07, Ravi Chemudugunta <chemuduguntar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi Daniel,
> >
> > I'd use Debian Etch, ... If you install the minimal bootstrap version of
> > debian (debootstrap , around 100-300 megs), this comes with a running
> > console system, a full package management system, console utils - so you
> > can
> > install apache with some simple apt commands and whatever else you want,
> > as
> > long as you don't install anything graphical such as X it should keep
> the
> > size small, though there's nothing stopping you from installing the full
> X
> > and tools later on.  Use a good package management system it saves much
> > time
> > (you could just as easily pimp this little box out with php,perl,python
> > and
> > deck it out with rdbms's like mysql, postgresql, firebirdql, anymore?
> all
> > as
> > easy as apt-get install <package name> ) ...
> >
> > http://librenix.com/?inode=9320
> >
> > hope this helps,
> >
> > ravi
> >
> > On 8/2/07, Daniel Mason <daniel.jrm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I just got my old IBM Netfinity 5000 server up and running, and I want
> > to
> > > host a website/small FTP server on it. Im not sure what distro to
> > install.
> > > I
> > > was given a copy of Red Hat Enterprise 4. Would it be wise to install
> > this
> > > ?
> > >
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