What do you want to serve? For most things, Linux is the path of least resistance and highest performance. Almost all distros come with Openssh, which has an excellent replacement for ftp, sftp. If you have a Linux desktop with KDE, manipulation of files by sftp is as easier to use as windows file sharing, because it's intergated into Konqueror, the file manager. Other services, such as http or DNS are either included or are a few clicks away with by package manager. Other people on this list can tell you about Samba and other software that can do anything Microsoft does. All of these things come at zero cost and are completely legal and free of spyware and other nasties. You can also expose the thing to the internet without having to rebuild it every time it gets owned by some 13 year old in Budapest. If that 13 year old does manage to blow you up, a typical Linux install, especially a for a server, is much easier than the corresponding Windows install.
On Monday 01 November 2004 12:01 pm, Tim Sullivan wrote: > I have this spare computer at the house and I am looking to put a server os > on it. I am wanting to put Linux on it. So my question is.... What can > Linux do that windows can't?
