tucson5;145390 Wrote: > All i have is time and i love tinkering and am geeky. Why is it better > to set up the extra computer with slim server using linux as opposed to > windows?
Well: - it's free - it's fun - you learn something - Linux is generally more stable than Windows. Note the term "generally", it's not as bulletproof as the myths would have you believe. However my router and my 'SmoothWall' (http://www.smoothwall.org/) run Linux and both are very stable. > i am asumming linux would run faster for the limited resources of the > computer? Yes, Linux generally runs better on older hardware than Windows. Depends on the distro though, the aforementioned Ubuntu isn't all that resource-light, but it still runs well on my 1.2 GHz AMD Duron PC with 256 MB of RAM. > thanks for the info. the ready install cd seems like a great idea. can't > wait to start. i was pretty sure i did not have to reinvent the wheel. i > knew some else would have looked into this. Yeah, the live CD uses Damn Small Linux (DSL) so it'll give you an idea if your hardware is compatible. Linux has gotten over most of the hardware incompatibility issues anyway. The speed won't be an indication - the OS is contained on the CD so the speed will be dependent on your optical drive. Linux installed on a hard drive will be much faster. But it will give you an idea, and once up and running it should be fast. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28554 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
