I'd say almost any linux distro. should work (at least from a ComSwiki 
perspective). My advise is to go to the specific site (say RH) and see if 
your gateway machine is known to work. I would think so. I know many 
Linux people here are fans of Debian.

Peace and Luck!

Je77

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 12:07:51PM -0600, Joe Hagerman (662-325-2547) wrote:
> > Just a thought. You might consider taking an old PII, stuffing 256+ Mb
> > of Ram in it and loading it up with Linux, Apache and ComSwiki. Problem
> > solved. Most departments have such boxes lying about, waiting to be
> > scrapped. 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > John
> 
> What build of Linux do you recommend for a semi-beginner?  I installed RED
> HAT 5 on a SPARC some time ago, got it working fine then my interest shifted
> to GIS.  Now I want to take an old Gateway, 512mb ram, 9gb SCSI hard drive,
> install Linux, Comswiki, and potentially SAMABA.  Any suggestions/thoughts?
> Thanks for your help.  JOE.

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