On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Steve wrote:
My goal for the existing linux box is to turn it into a Network Attached Storage Device for my LAN. The ideal distro for the retired box would be one specialized for usage as a NAS, have a small diskspace footprint, and preferably be able to run (if not install), headless. The retired box has 1GB of RAM, so a live CD would be a real possibility for it, so we could maximize disk utilization. Now the other recommendation I'm looking for, is a good distro for this shiny new Mac In a Box. The Mac Mini, has a dual core Intel CPU and a Gig of RAM. But I'm not sure what Linux Distro's will play nice with Macs. Ideally I'ld like a version that virtualizes well, so I can run it concurrent with OSX. But I'm not opposed to a triple boot configuration (I program for a living, and this is technically a "work computer", so I need to compile and test on all 3 platforms) if thats the only way to go here.
Have you tried Gentoo? It can be as small as you want it, pretty much. I have been running it for a couple years and really like it. It has a live CD and also runs on a Mac.
For my Mac I have been running XP in Parallel's virtualization environment and it plays well. Parallel's also supports many other OS's, such as Linux. It costs some money though.
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