[Linux4christians] Linux Server

[Michael Hipp]

> From: jasonite at comcast.net
> I've heard about how robust of a server that Debian is, or so some say 
> anyway. What's the general consensus around here? I've got a capstone 
> project that's coming up that has me installing a Linux server just as a 
> file server.

I haven't used Debian much myself. But a number of people I respect don't use anything else. I doubt you could go wrong with it. Excepting perhaps if there is some reason you need the latest versions of software, then there are "issues".

I use Ubuntu for a number of smallish file servers for myself and clients. It works. A basic install can be done in about 300MB leaving all your disk storage available for real data and even your RAM too if you can resist the temptation to install X windows.

Michael