[Wiltshire] Home server OS?

[Samuel Ross]

I'm a ubuntu person myself, though there is nothing I do with ubuntu that
debian can't. I just picked up ubuntu first when I was at uni and have stuck
with it for personal use. At uni it used to be a samba file share, backup
via ssh, svn repository & web server. It also served its purpose as a cd
ripper with abcde, all my new cds went home to my shelf & my parents would
put new arrivals in the server disc drive overnight for me to rip & copy
them via the interwebs to my laptop... those were the days! Have fun at uni
:)

Thanks,
Sam
On Sep 19, 2011 2:32 AM, "Jake Davies" <jdavies.thfc at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/09/2011 01:13, Simon Iremonger (wiltslug) wrote:
>>> I've only had experience with Ubuntu and Arch Linux (my main distro at
>>> the mo') -- what'd the best distro for a "home server" be? I'll just
>>> have it plugged into the router, so I have little requirements (no
>>> wifi/graphics needed), but as a CS student I may want somewhere to serve
>>> any ghastly PHP I write, or host other crap, perhaps backup, whatever
>>> slavery servers do. I was either thinking Debian stable or Ubuntu
>>> server. I only have 'til Thursday to get things up and running
>>> Any suggestions ideas/distro/server wise? I'd plan to firstly backup
>>> data and then nuke the drive using dban or similar.
>> Debian Stable works fine for that sort of thing...
>>
>> My experience is, well, it depends on the particular version
>> of particular software you are interested in ;-).
>>
>> packages.debian.org and packages.ubuntu.com can help you there...
>>
>> Me and a friend use Debian 6.0 on a little machine which
>> runs 6in4 ipv6-gateway, samba filesharing, web server,
>> cups print server, WPA2 wireless access-bridge...
>> We use the 'console on serial port' mechanism for
>> maintenance when wanting to see the bootup, or when
>> fiddling with network settings etc.
>> Works rather well, actually ;-).
>>
>>
>> --Simon
>>
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> Well, I probably opt for Debian 6 stable (unless I hear any other
> arguments against), without a GUI, as there's just no point, and I'm on
> a little Celeron CPU. Hopefully my experience with Arch and familiar
> with apt-based system will make Debian easy.
>
> Keep in mind I won't have physical access to the box. I'll just be using
> SSH. It's a great way to keep an older machine still in use, and serve
> an important purpose.
>
> --
> D. Jake Davies
>
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