Miles,
    What are you planning to run this server on, and how heavily to you 
expect to be hitting it?

A couple of generic suggestions include:
Slackware (10.1 just released) <http://www.slackware.org/> is fairly 
simple, and works great as a server.
TinySofa <http://www.tinysofa.org/> is a server-centric distribution.
FreeBSD(or OpenBSD) if you're feeling particularly adventurous. 
<http://www.freebsd.org/> or <http://www.openbsd.org/>
Mepis will probably have a lot of extra services activated by default, 
but it's install is a breeze, and it usually "just works" right off.
            <http://www.mepis.org/ and 
http://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mepis/SimplyMEPIS-2004.06.iso>

For smaller/simpler distributions (say, you're wanting to run this on 
older or cheaper hardware)
Puppy Linux <http://www.goosee.com/puppy/> is a really small, 
exceptionally simple, distribution that usually "just works" with older 
systems.
BeatrIX Linux <http://www.watsky.net/> is another small, simple 
distribution that often works really well on newer low-cost hardware.

I assumed you aren't trying to run a PPC box, if you are, then check 
Yellow Dog Linux <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/>

==Joseph++

Miles Beck wrote:

>I'd like to set up a Linux web server for personal use and would like something
>easier than Debian. Does anyone know of an easy to set up distribution?
>
>I need Apache, PHP, Mysql and CGI for what I want to do but would like this to
>be easy to maintain and easy to install.
>
>I really like Debian but it has a steep learning curve. Maybe I should just
>break down and try it on my own.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
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