which linux distro/version would work best on an old 200mhz machine with 48 megs of ram and a 6GB and 4GB hard disks? main uses are for a web server, and FTP so I can host others' sites. right now im using NT4 server with apache with PHP and MySQL so i can run an invisionboard, and Bulletproof FTP server, with PC Anywhere for remote admin purposes.
Which Linux Distro for 200MHz server?
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To keep the disagreement going, forget linux and install freebsd.
Really though, just install what you know. You might want to look at distros that will offer a slim install so you don't have to waste much disk space on the OS. No guis, user apps, etc. Pick what will be easy for you to administer though.
Really though, just install what you know. You might want to look at distros that will offer a slim install so you don't have to waste much disk space on the OS. No guis, user apps, etc. Pick what will be easy for you to administer though.
oddly the first thing I thought upon seeing FoolishMcNasty's post was to call him unpatriotic and hope the secret police disappear him...
i barely know anything about linux/unix, so i thought id start something and make a server out of it, and hopefully learn in the process. ive tinkered with RHL 7 and 8 and some mandrake version, and just got used to the file structure and stuff. i think im gonna go w/ freeBSD. anyone agree/disagree?
I have more posts than you cow!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Anyway, I suggest RedHat 9, since you're fairly familiar with that distro. But, hey Win 95 is probably worth a shot. Doesnt get any better than that!
Anyway, I suggest RedHat 9, since you're fairly familiar with that distro. But, hey Win 95 is probably worth a shot. Doesnt get any better than that!
I've been listening to too many nutcases lately it seems :-( sad really, when grown-ups result to name calling
The fact is that any distro will run on 200mhz with 64 mb ram. You might not be able to run xwin with some of the distros such as Redhat 8/9 or Suse as they add a lot of bloat into the sysytem. If you are just setting it up as a server, it shouldn't matter, though.
I would stick to what you are familiar with. Redhat turns all services off by defalt and has some quirks about setting up services, but
you may already know how to handle it.
With my level of experience, I personally choose Slackware cause its easy to add/remove/manually configure items cause there is no piggyback software to autoconfig the system and screw with things.
Only you know what you wanna do.
I would stick to what you are familiar with. Redhat turns all services off by defalt and has some quirks about setting up services, but
you may already know how to handle it.
With my level of experience, I personally choose Slackware cause its easy to add/remove/manually configure items cause there is no piggyback software to autoconfig the system and screw with things.
Only you know what you wanna do.
windows ME ...
sike no ... i have freebsd 4.7 on a couple of old computers. 300MHZ with 64MB RAM ... dont bother running X.
fluxbox might be ok though
sike no ... i have freebsd 4.7 on a couple of old computers. 300MHZ with 64MB RAM ... dont bother running X.
fluxbox might be ok though
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