Linux Server Questions.....(cdburing ? too)

[Scarpozzi]

I just bought the Dell PowerEdge SC500 from the deal last week....it's pretty awesome for a linux box. I installed RedHat 7.3 on it and all seems to be working well. I, however, am new to linux. I ran it years and years ago, but since then never could get a box that had enough power to run a current kernel. SO! Having said all that, I need some info on good sites that will help me fully secure it as a webserver....I'm especially worried because I need to run Samba on this system and don't know how that will affect security. I've set it up as a CounterStrike Server and I'm going to be upgrading the RAM to 640 total Megs this week as soon as Crucial gets me the 512 chip I ordered.

My other question is this. I have a 40X CDRW that I want to utilize in this box since it probably won't have that much load on it. What free burner proggies are available and which are the best?

If you can answer one or all of those general/specific questions I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

as far as running a secure webserver, the main thing is to just keep apache up to date. right now that means running 1.3.26.

honestly if you want to run linux on the thing i'd recommend debian epecially since you dont seem to be planning on using it for desktop much. debian takes a little more work to install, but once you get it running, its extremely easy to update everything (which is important!), and install new packages (apt-get install samba 🙂).

and as far as cd burning, cdrecord is the app you will be using, its command line, but if you want a gui app to use, theres a bunch written as frontends to cdrecord. xcdroast comes to mind, i'm not sure of others but i know there are lots. try a search at freshmeat.net.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I'd like to actually try running this as a secondary desktop. My only real dependencies are Windows Games and of course Microsoft Office. Other than those, Linux would be fine for development and anything else I need. They also have a Citrix client that I'd be able to use for work to get to a windows box for remote administration...

Thanks for the info. I just need to hurry up and get a KVM to get me using this more. I currently have it on a 30 inch monitor and the linux text is causing my eyes to go crazy in KDE because of the viewing distance on that thing.....so I can't do much with the desktop until I get it on a smaller monitor.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
I'd like to actually try running this as a secondary desktop. My only real dependencies are Windows Games and of course Microsoft Office. Other than those, Linux would be fine for development and anything else I need. They also have a Citrix client that I'd be able to use for work to get to a windows box for remote administration...

Thanks for the info. I just need to hurry up and get a KVM to get me using this more. I currently have it on a 30 inch monitor and the linux text is causing my eyes to go crazy in KDE because of the viewing distance on that thing.....so I can't do much with the desktop until I get it on a smaller monitor.

If this is a server, forget KDE. Uninstall X. You dont need it. Use SSH to do all of your work.