Hello, Well you could go with the latest Mandrake, since you are already familiar with it. If you are just running a server and not a desktop environment you might look into CentOS, which is based on RedHat Enterprise Linux, or you might also look at Debian. Ubuntu would work, but it is really geared towards desktop use, not that it couldn't function as a server. It is just easier to start off with a lean and mean Debian server than trim down an Ubuntu installation.
As for filesystem, you can't go wrong with ext4, which I believe most distros are using as default now. ---------- Matt M. LinuxKnight On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Kirk Goins <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Mandrake 8.x server. Not much there, some basic HTTP stuff and an > FTP Server. I am finding I am having problems with large DVD sized files. > I'm not a Linux person, but was able get this box running and pretty secure > as I don't 'think' it has been hacked over the years. And right now it > stays > off unless I need it. > > I am assuming, I need something ( file system? ) a little newer than what > this box has today. What would be good 'basic' distro that will so the > above. On the Mandrake box the minor tweaks are done via linuxconf, > WebAdmin > or even MidnightCommander. I don't trust putting a Windows based FTP or > HTTP > server directly on the net. > Thoughts for someone not wanting to get too geeky and done in the guts of > Linux? > Thanks > -- > Kirk > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
