[plug] opinions on linux distros to use in an internet server box

[Adam Davin]

I used Turbo Linux for a weekend as it was the only distribution cd other 
than Redhat that I had on hand at the time.

The initial install went quite well the ppp connection (from memory) was 
reasonably automated. The box worked as the gateway that it was meant to 
be.

However problems started to arise when I tried to install a program ( can't 
remember which one ) one of the servers i think apache or squid, something 
that wasn't on the cd.

Since it used RPMS I ripped out my redhat cd and went looking and found the 
relevant program rpm but was unable to install it due to incorrect versions 
of programs. Trying to do the right thing I then went to the Turbo linux 
website to try to get the rpm's that I needed. Funnily enough, Turbo linux 
website worked ok but ftp (ftp.turbolinux.com) was dead as  a dodo... and 
stayed this way for as long as I cared to wait ( a good couple of days).

Using the force command with rpm I forced necessary rpms onto the system 
but not everything was quite right. Hence after using the gateway ( as a 
stable connection although slow) I installed debian on my 
server/workstation and then formatted and installed debian on the gateway 
and have never looked back.

Just my 2 cents worth

Chow

Adam Davin

-----Original Message-----
From:	John Knight [SMTP:anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com]
Sent:	Sunday, 3 June 2001 11:44 AM
To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject:	Re: [plug] opinions on linux distros to use in an internet server 
box

hey up! another fairly overlooked distro is turbolinux workstation. it
doesn't get reviews that are all that good, but for a low end pentium, you
could do a lot worse than this one.

>
>
>slackware starts up pretty quickly and can be run on a machine < 100 meg
>hard drive space.
>
>debian, if you have more space would be better, if you like package
>management.
>
>Mandrake and redhat are sort of better for outa the box desktop installs
>
>Beau Kuiper
>kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au
>
>On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Ari Finander wrote:
>
> > I'd like to hear the opinions of people here about which distro to use
>in an
> > old (486, possibly low end pentium) box to be used as an internet
>gateway when
> > we get our Telstra cable internet access installed.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Ari
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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