Mark O'Connor wrote:
>
> Please tell me now if I am wasting my time but..
> I have an old pentium 166Mhz , 64MB Ram, 40GB HD and I want to learn a bit
> about Linux and set up a web server.
Yes, it will do it, but you might find it very slow for X.
Stay away from gnome. Suggest RH 7.1 say as a lighter load.
My web and mail server run on a similar machine.
> 2) Is there a good gui for debian that will not grind my machine to a halt
twm
an oldie but goodie. Anything else will glaciate.
apt-cache search twm
apt-get install twm
> 3) Any suggestions for reliable and lite web and mailserver software
To get started, just apache and learn the basics and basic web pages.
Then if the machine can handle it, other add-ons for apache.
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