[Wylug-help] Small server distro

[Dave Brotherstone]

Thanks everyone for your replies.  I'm going to take a look at e-smith, and
also debian as I haven't used that before (forgive me father, for I have
sinned!).

Thanks again,

Dave.

On Saturday 25 October 2003 8:21 pm, Dean Turner wrote:
> How about Mitel's SME server - very easy install and can be administered
> from a browser, local or remote.
>
> www.e-smith.org
>
> Its a derivative of Redhat but installs from 1 cd in less than half an hour
> (Including config).
>
> Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wylug-help-admin at wylug.org.uk
> [mailto:wylug-help-admin at wylug.org.uk]On Behalf Of RichardA
> Sent: 25 October 2003 18:23
> To: wylug-help at wylug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Small server distro
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:20:55 +0100, Dave Brotherstone <davegb at pobox.com>
>
> wrote:
> > This is not a plea to start a flame war :)
> >
> > I'm looking for a decent distro that has a small footprint, installs
> > easily, and is flexible.  I am going to a (very) remote site, and need
> > to set a machine up such that I can access their network, but it's
> > likely that the machine I'm provided with will be "light" on
> > resources.
> >
> > I like gentoo, but i won't have time to install it (although a stage 3
> > install is a possibility, for gentoo fans).   Redhat seems to leave a
> > 1gb footprint these days, but perhaps someone knows a RH based distro
> > or something that fits the bill.
> >
> > Firewall based distros are basically out, because I need more
> > flexibility in terms of development tools.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave.
>
> Redhat needs 1GB?!
>
> I know it doesn't have a 'leet' image, but the absolute minimum Mandrake
> install is about 60MB. Good hardware detection, too.
>
> Not, as you say, to start a flame war.
>
> Richard
>
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