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.
