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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>There are various options depending on how in-depth you
want to go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You could go the whole hog and set up the whole thing
yourself by using Debian or Mandrake (Mandrake runs a good GUI, but it needs
more memory to run etc).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you just want to use Linux to do the functions of Apache
(web server) and Samba (file shares), as well as simple email etc, you may want
to go with one of the packaged distros which run slightly older versions of the
packages, but the gui is done via a web interface. I have used <A
href="http://www.contribs.org">http://www.contribs.org</A> for doing this at a
friend's business, and other than me SSHing into the box to do updates on it
every now and again, it works fine. However, you may find that many
applications you are told to use in howtos etc are not present on the system,
and everything has to be done using manually obtained RPM files (or via
unpacking using Tar). There are many other similar systems ranging from
free to scandously expensive out there.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Whatever you decide you may want to come to the meeting on
Thursday and have a look at the systems running, as well as this you can
probably find someone with some CDs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=154343019-13062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Andrew.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> herefordshire-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:herefordshire-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>ChrisColeman<BR><B>Sent:</B> 13 June 2005 17:56<BR><B>To:</B>
herefordshire@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Herefordshire] New to Linux
.. Question ..<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4>Hi, I'm new to the list so
forgive me if do something wrong ..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4>Anyway I want some advice
..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4>I am running an Apache
server (windows version) , I want to move Apache to a LAN attached PC
running LINUX, which will become a server.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4> Anyway
my question is, which of the many free variants of Linux would be
the one to use ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4>I secondary
requirement (if possible) is that I would like my Windows XP system to be
able to access files on the LINUX server, it must be able to write and create
these files, therefore they should also appear to the Windows system as NFTS
.. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000 size=4>Thanks In
Advance,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><FONT size=4><FONT
color=#800000>ChrisColeman.<FONT
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