Linux Distro

roamer

Just wondering which would be the best linux distro for the following(also please include their reasons why they think it would be the best):

A server for about 8 computers, windows & macs.
Server will back up files every month and be used for workflow stuff like stock photos and general sharing of files etc.

It will also act as a proxy server and a file server.

Thanks in advance...

Thomas_S_Hunterson

I'm quite fond of slackware myself, its very stable, but you could use any distro with samba installed me thinks. Red HAt is quite good, its tailored for businesses and the like

woodyg

Red Hat enterprise edition is the best option if your willing to pay.

Freebie wise id go for Fedora Core 4 have it my self quite sweet and its basically RedHats testing Distro for Enterprise.

Debian is another option to

zAbbo

How would RHE be the best, seeing as only relativley basic features are required.

Will this server be the domain controller? Have you considered how the mac/pc's will interoprate with each other.

Comes down to distro preference, as they would all be performing the same function, personally i'd be going with a Debian based solution(Deb or Ubuntu).

JCDenton

Debian is pretty easy to use, is stable and has all the packages you need and far more besides.

Debian

djmarkus

Mepis, very easy to set up and based on debian.

roamer

on esat now about to download the i386 images for debian. Theres alot of isos, which ones will i need?

ntlbell

roamer wrote:

on esat now about to download the i386 images for debian. Theres alot of isos, which ones will i need?

binary 1 is enough for what you want to do.

RE*AC*TOR

roamer - if you're not overly familiar with linux - go with ubuntu - its very easy to configure and maintain - & it is essentially Debian.

roamer

I wanted to install fedora but disc1 kept coming down bad so I cant install. very annoying. May try installing over the internet yet.

In the meantime, I have slackware downloading because i want to test this anyway. As for debian, im gonna have to find out what all those 14 isos are for.

Thanks for the help guys.

ntlbell

roamer wrote:

I wanted to install fedora but disc1 kept coming down bad so I cant install. very annoying. May try installing over the internet yet.

In the meantime, I have slackware downloading because i want to test this anyway. As for debian, im gonna have to find out what all those 14 isos are for.

Thanks for the help guys.

like i said all you need to worry about is binary 1 which has the os and some applications on it, you don't need anything else.

roamer

ok, and then get extra rpms required after installing. that makes sense

ntlbell

roamer wrote:

ok, and then get extra rpms required after installing. that makes sense

well for a file server you won't need much.

no rpm's with debian it's .deb's

roamer

.debs. Ok you learn sumthin new every day :-). Anyways, thanks a mill for help.
Greatly appreciated as usual.

daveirl

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roamer

I looked into that alright but im want to go the free route

jozi

I use ClarkConnect, as said above it does all you want and more.
It's free to and easy to use, pretty much right after installation.

Jozi

daveirl

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