[Wiltshire] Home server OS?

[max psykx]

for a server I'd use either CentOS or debain, and in your case with
ubuntu experience I'd go with debian. I'd really recommend saying away
from any other distro for server use unless you know thats what you
want to use.

Max

2011/9/19 Samuel Ross <samuel.ross at sirnet.co.uk>:
> 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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