It also is a one-trick-pony, only good for a limited number of uses without getting "under the hood". Also it is completely insecure by running all of your services by default, waiting for a portscan. Try Mandrake.
The software idea you have led to the creation of NT Server 4. Forget it.
If an old piece of equipment is not worth a lot of time, who is going to write this amazing software that will run on it?
Take your time and learn the tools that you need to use. Choose a camp - BSD or Linux - then pick a distribution and stick with it. If you want it to run on alternative hardware, then you don't have many choices: Debian, OpenBSD, NetBSD.
If you want a one-click install, there are ways to script installs on many operating systems. Ask on the mailing lists and people will probably let you try their favorites.
Whining about the lack of one-click Unix server install on old wierd Mac hardware is just stupid and a pollution of the internet. You are so lucky that the Open Source people bothered porting any software to your Mac at all. Apple told you to go screw yourself, and still refuses to release source code or documentation for the hardware they have abandoned.
Ok, the point has been firmly driven in the ground, I will take my leave.
You may get an idea of the pain of porting Linux to the Macintosh by reading Alan Cox's story:
http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/macpaper.php
While I understand what Mark means now, something like IPCop with more services to plug up. I understand your point and have enjoyed MDK on both the mac and pc. One of the stand out things about this distro is how flexable the installer is. Its not a one click wonder but half a plan and 10 minutes choosing what to install does save you time at the end.
Most packages include webmin now to make the end configuration easy'ish.
Hats off to the folks on the mandrake ppc cooker list doing a great job on very limited resources.
I know no ones interested but mdk7.1 works far better than redhat on vpc4. :)
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