> Nancy Sollars wrote: > > I found this one funny it maybe my English sense of humour so if it is > please > excuse me. > > > Here was his post to the Bristol Lug:- > 1) Redhat (or Mandrake, Debian, Slackware etc.) should be good to go on this box if you strip down the install and run it as a server. 2) Why anybody uses a laptop as a server is beyond me. (Built in UPS ?, small size ?) 3) What is Freevsd ?? KevinO > Previously Peter Wilcock had writen > > > Not wanting to start a debate on distributions, but I'm in the > process > > of choosing a distribution to go a Compaq Proliant P133,32mb,2gig. > Its > > going to be used as a web and email server for multiple domains. > Usually > > I would opt for Redhat but the system requirements for 7.x are quite > > large. My current plan is RH62 with Freevsd. > > Comments Welcome > > I aquired a system with RH6.2 on it, (a 32mb box) stuck it on > blue-yonder > and sure enough it was rooted within 3 days. (good excuse to move it > over to slakware anyway). > > Moral being use a modern distro, or don't be a muppet and leave > everything > running (I'd intended to shut of ftp & lpd but got distracted). > > If your setting up web and mail servers then I expect you'd be a bit > more > security concious, but I had nothing on the machine anyway. > Martin > ----------------------- > > -- Kevin O'Connor "People will be free to devote themselves to activities that are fun ... The GNU Manifesto - Copyright (C) 1985, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.