On Tuesday 20 September 2005 18:17, Jesse Kline wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 09:15 -0600, D Bhardwaj wrote: > > Is this too big a project with my limited linux know how? All this is for > > a small venture but could grow. > > I don't think so. There is a learning curve, but it is well worth it in > the end. > > > Ok. server needs to do server stuff (file server, database server, web > > server, print server, security, backup, remotely accessible). Ok. my > > current abilities (nervously) - I can install mandrake, suse, and others > > I am sure via default settings. Past the initial install I will probably > > cry help!! with guidance, I could probably install/configure apache, > > mysql, postgres, some pop3 email server thing. > > > > The constraints - I should be able to manage the install and subsequent > > maintenance. If this is too much, then I need avoid this path. > > > > If your responses are going to cheer me on :) - please advise what > > flavour distro to use (ease of use for me, configurable, etc) > > SuSe has very good gui server configuration tools. In this regard > RedHat/Fedora sucks. Debian is a little harder to setup and use, but is > much more stable, and easier to upgrade between versions. > With debian the concept of an upgrade is made irrelevant. This is also true of some of its cousins (Xandros and Ubuntu).
A good starting point is whatever distro you are used to using already. Also this *can* be router as well, but probably *should not* be a router. If you need a straightforward iptables script that does NAT (what the Dlink already does) that can be easily customised as your needs grow, I would check out gshield (http://muse.linuxmafia.org/gshield/) > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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