On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> Let me know if I can be of any help in a non-sysadmin way.
You don't want to help in a sysadmin way? :-)
> Pricewatch? Doesn't that mean you'll have to shell out some money for
> this? Or are we going to have to do some car washes in January to pay
> for it? (I was under the impression that we had a system ready-to-go and
> were just waiting for a hosting site).
We have most or all of the pieces that would make-up a working system.
The one thing we don't have (AFAIK) is a 1U rack-mount ATX case. Those are
not the sort of thing people usually have sitting around their house, even
in a group full of computer geeks. I was planning on bargain-hunting online
until I found one with a good description and a good price, and paying for
it out of pocket. I imagine that is the only item of serious cost that
would need to be purchased.
> If we want to move the news site and twiki, then we need sufficient
> resources to run PHP4 and MySQL.
What kind of resources are we talking about? Ideally, it would be nice if
everything GNHLUG was on one server.
>> Distribution would almost certainly be Debian.
>
> Just so long as it supports our needs!
Well, naturally. I, personally, have more experience with Red Hat, but
the following factors have me favoring Debian:
- This is not my server, it is (or will be) GNHLUG's, so I don't matter
- Debian is very Linux-ish, making it appropriate for GNHLUG
- Debian has a reputation for having lots of neat stuff available for
server applications, which is exactly what we want
- Debian has a reputation for being easy to keep up-to-date remotely
and automatically (again what we want)
- The system will be well-connected to the Internet, so APT will be able
to work its magic
- Debian has gotten much good words from the list, especially from people
likely to be asked to help out now and again
If you or anyone else has a preference, speak up now! :-)
> (Apache 1.3.19 with bunches-o-modules, PHP 4.0.6 and some other things
> are needed for the news and twiki.)
Whatever we end up going with, we can always recompile from source if we
have to. Indeed, for interactive web-based applications, that is often the
only good way to do it.
> And I really like the 2.2. kernels over the 2.4 kernels - 2.2 systems
> just feel faster than 2.4 systems.
Yah me too. I imagine Debian still has a 2.2 kernel available.
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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