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Originally Posted by darthyoda3
ok... but what distro would be the best for that? and what programs would i use on it?
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Any distro will do. Typically you'd like to pick a distribution well-suited to servers (characterized by long release/support schedules, very stable but somewhat outdated packages, etc...(Debian, CentOS/RHEL, ...)), but if you're new then Ubuntu Server or something like that will have you up and running quickly.
If you're doing a forum, phpBB is popular but there is other forum software as well (I think wikipedia has a good comparison of packages), and these will typically depend on Apache/PHP/MySQL so you'll have to set those up as well. You'll also probably want to look into dynamic DNS domain services like DynDNS in order to get a hostname.
It seems like a lot, but you will learn along the way, and with a good internet connection you can run a legitimate website out of your basement. One thing you'll want to keep in mind is that with a server,
reliability is by far more important than new features or bells and whistles.