Running a Home Server

ddzc · 07-21-2005, 03:27 PM

Hi everyone.
I was wondering if anyone knows of any good tutorials or threads that give good detailed instructions on how to setup a web server or game server..?

Also, which OS is best for this type of request?

Thanks everyone

ctkroeker · 07-21-2005, 03:44 PM

If you search LQ and Google, you'll find a LOT about what you need.
The best rated distro's for server are Slsckware and Debian.

win32sux · 07-21-2005, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by ddzc
Hi everyone.
I was wondering if anyone knows of any good tutorials or threads that give good detailed instructions on how to setup a web server or game server..?

i'm sure you'll find something here: http://www.tldp.org/

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Also, which OS is best for this type of request?

GNU/Linux would be a good OS... so would xBSD UNIX...

if you mean "which linux distro" then the answer would be whichever you feel most comfortable with... check out some distros at distrowatch.com and then download and try a few... by asking "which distro" here you will never get a real answer, as it's just a matter of opinion... you'll get plenty of "go with slackware" and "go with debian" and "go with fedora" or "try mandriva" etc, etc, etc...

win32sux · 07-21-2005, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by ctkroeker
The best rated distro's for server are Slsckware and Debian.

could you please elaborate or provide a link or something?? i'd really like to see where you got this information from...