Nate Walker wrote:
I have a P3 800, 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD
I want to turn it into the main download box for the people in my flat
File Share Server? or Downloading machine? I have a Downloading machine
(one tha runs all my file grabbing things, and sits 24/7 doing my
downloading while I endure my socially acceptable dose of "life") and a
file server as seperate computers.
What distro would be good, considering that I might well put it into a
10gig drive for the OS and a 30gig for downloads… and that it would
probably need a bandwith limiter and ability to access it remotely…
RedHat 8, RedHat 9, Fedora Core *, CentOS * are all much the same thing,
FC4 and CentOS4 being newer and subsequently more prone to working
straight out of the box, easy to use via WEBMIN (www.webmin.com), or SSH
(built in)
SuSE 9.0 onwards are all very good, and again, easy enough to drive via
webmin (www.same-place-as-last-time.com), or SSH (Built in)
Mandriva can do it too, with the same minimal fuss as the aforementioned.
Really, most if not all distros can do file server and most DLers will
run on most distros, but for pure "Best chance of success with any job",
I myself would choose one of the more modern RedHat family. CentOS 4,
myself.
Also, what DC++, torrent and sharazaa clients would I want/need?
DC++ has a linux flavoured client, and Kazaah is potentially dangerous.
There's a Bit Torrent client available for Linux too, for all those
Freebe Linux Distro's you intend to download, given that you wouldnt be
actually STEALING software... would you... ::wink::
Nate
