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pos of comp :P

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 11:00 pm
by John Cartwright
im using a pos for a web development server...

jus wondering if a 133mhrz 64mb ram .... havnt decided on the OS....

that's why im here... which OS should i put on this...
and will this comp be enough to run apache, php, mysql, phpmyadmin

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:32 am
by John Cartwright
no one loves me...

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:35 am
by markl999
It should be ok, but .. i'd definetly put a linux distro on it, windows would be far too heavy. At least with linux you get a choice of light weight desktops to use. Course, you could always skip the desktop and go command line :o

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:29 am
by scorphus
And I'm with markl999! GNU/Linux on it! My suggestion is Debian - http://www.debian.org

133mhrz and 64mb ram are good enough for a development server. You can even leave it without a VGA board and monitor (use them only to set it up). You'll need just a LAN card and a power cable, all configuration and maintenance can be done remotely (command line rocks).

My development server is a 266mmx with 32mb ram powered by Debian Sarge Gnu/Linux and I'm pretty served with it.

Good luck,
Scorphus.

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:06 am
by magicrobotmonkey
I agree. I used to use an old 486 for development with nothing on it but command line linux and no video. It worked out fine!

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:13 am
by John Cartwright
I have no idea how to work linux boxes.. am i going to need a book or something? how easy will it be to setup to my network?

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:44 am
by magicrobotmonkey
nah i'd never used linux before. just pick a flavor and read the docs! there's plenty of stuff out there comparing flavors. google!

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:22 pm
by scorphus
Go for the Debian GNU/Linux.

Get the Woody (stable version) ISO's (download them direct or file by file with a great tool called jigdo) you can find all information on http://www.debian.org .

Also, subscribe to the Mailing Lists ( http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ ) specially to the debian-user one ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ ). Another good resource for documentation is The Linux Documentation Project ( http://www.tldp.org ) and also Google of course (search in mailing list archive).

There are yet some IRC channels on irc.debian.org such as #debian,#gnome and others...

Go for it!

-- Scorphus

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:24 pm
by Joe
Red-Hat 9 (shrike) is a must have for all those PHP and C fans :)