I 2nd that. Willamette.net uses a lot of FreeBSD too, so you'd have
lots of knowledgable folks around you. (They may even have a mirror
over there to install from, I'm not sure. They did have at one time)
-Rob
> On 20010503.1515, jakob said ...
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2001, Bob Miller wrote:
> > Several people suggested that I colo my own box at Willamette.NET. If
> > I were to do that, what distro is the best starting point for building
> > a server? This box would be a pure server, with the following
> > services initially:
>
> FreeBSD 4.3 for pure server stuff. Stability, security, ease of use.
>
> >
> > DNS
> > Apache
> > mail with some sort of mailing list handler
> > ssh
>
> Install quickly via ports or packages collections.
>
> >
> > I don't particularly want to install Mandrake, then strip everything
> > off. I don't know Debian well enough to set it up right. What else
> > is a good alternative?
>
> FreeBSD 4.3
>
>
>
> :-)
>
> jakob
>
