Daniel Hill wrote:
I'm about to acquire a old computer from my friend (AMD 1.6GHz 80GB HDD)
and want to eventually set it up as a webserver, game server, wireless
router and any other servers that I mite want to play with
I also want to learn linux properly (currently running ubuntu on my desktop)
I would recommend Debian as a good server distro but if you want to
learn more about Linux as you go and are really prepared to get your
hands dirty, go for Gentoo.
I used Gentoo for my server and desktop machines for 4 years and found
it a great distro to help me learn with. The documentation is great and
the forum is helpful.
There used to be several Gentoo users on this list but I think most have
now gone for different choices now. It would be interesting to know (if
I am correct) why people have left Gentoo. For me I decided that now I
just want to install and use the software without any fuss.
Rob
