Linux Suggestions

[paaco]

I am going to install linux on my spare box and try to learn it so I can switch my windows server to it. ( maybe ) The other devs on my server told me to stick with windows hehe.

What Linux would you guys recommend? I know a lot run Debian. Just trying to figure out what I want to download and play around with. See if I can get a feel for it.

The box it will be going on is an Opteron 170 with 4 gigs of ram.

[Kobaz]

Go with Debian Stable. I've used Linux since 1994, and have used most distros, commercially, in research environments and for the hell of it. Once you've wrapped your head around the Unix way of thinking then consider trying other distros. Unless you've very special needs you'll probably end up coming back to a Debian based distro anyway, simply because apt-get rocks.

[paaco]

Thanks Kobaz, I'll probably pick Debian up, it seems that is what the majority of people here run.

[trevius]

I too recommend Debian, but the one I use is Etch. Here is a link to the Debian Wiki:

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ianLinuxServer

It is the only wiki complete enough that even most newbies to Linux should be able to handle getting a server running perfectly with it. There may be a few bumps along the way, but we can answer most questions if you run into problems while setting it up.

[paaco]

Originally Posted by trevius

I too recommend Debian, but the one I use is Etch. Here is a link to the Debian Wiki:

http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...ianLinuxServer

It is the only wiki complete enough that even most newbies to Linux should be able to handle getting a server running perfectly with it. There may be a few bumps along the way, but we can answer most questions if you run into problems while setting it up.

Thanks bro, sorry about posting in the wrong section. I wasn't sure whether to put it here or General Discussion since It wasn't really a support question.

[Andrew80k]

Any distro is good, Debian is good, I use Fedora Core 8.