On Thu, November 8, 2007 12:32 pm, Andres Gonzalez wrote: > Folks, > > I have heard that there is a distro available that is optimized just > for a file server. Which distro is it? > > I want to put together a box that will just sit on the network and > present some Samba shares. I want to run it without a keyboard or > monitor and be as maintenance free as possible. I recently built a > Fedora Core 7 box but that seems like it is a little overkill for what > I want. >
Well... I've donned my fireproof suit. So here goes... Gentoo. Yeah, it can take a lot of maintenance, but for something simple like a samba server, you could set it up, and forget it. -- Matthew Walker Kydance Hosting & Consulting LAMP Specialist /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
