On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:58:16 +1100
Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
except maybe icewm - and icewm has a much nicer interface if you are not
used to the peculiarities of twm.
>
> 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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