ck wrote: > So I find myself wondering. What's the best distro to put BackupPC > on top > of? It will be the only thing running on this box. Older > hardware, PIII > 500 MHz, 384 RAM. I'm only really used to Fedora. Will the latest > Fedora > Core, with a minimal install be OK? Are there any gotchas about which > packages to install? Or a suggested methodology for installing stuff?
If you want to build a server that you can leave running for a long time without having to upgrade the OS, I'd go with CentOS (http:// www.centos.org/) instead of Fedora. CentOS is a de-branded version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (which in turn is based on Fedora Core), so you'll barely notice the difference, but CentOS has a much longer support cycle. The current release will receive security fixes till at least 2012 (and CentOS 5 will be released in a couple of months). No special recipe for the install, just follow the instructions on the site: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
