What OS ??

Well I want to have a server at my home only for some things.. so what OS do you think is the best for install on my second box?

Tell me the version if possible...and the advantages...

Thank you!

What do you want to use the server for? what are you most comfortable with.Also what does your ISP allow and disallow.. my isp blocks all SMTP connectiosn that aren't to their server, so it took me a while to get software that would let me work around that.. because i run a mail server out of my home.
My home server right now is Win XP w/ Apache w/ PHP, MySQL and Perl, GuildFTPd and MailEnable Server.. I require win for certain applications for school hence the windows server... if you want to go with the *nix field.. I ran FreeBSD before school started as my server and prior to that my old P 100 was running Mandrake 7.1 as a server.

It dependso n what you want, what you need and what else you will use the box for... If you want something that you can telnet into and have full access you need a *nix box... MS "telnet" service sux ass

Linux, if you are a newbie to linux, i would suggest Red Hat 8, or Mandrake 9, they are the easiest to install.

Well my idea is to install freebsd but I only want to know if it differs very much form linux....

And on the box I want to have apache, pop3, smtp, mysqld, php, perl... etc...

And my ISP doesnt have any restritons.. ( I know I am bad in english) :)

Thanks!!!

can you tell me the most stable release of freebsd ... ??


Thanks .

BSD is in many ways superior to other linux distros, If you feel up to installing it, that's admirable. www.freeBSD.org has ftp links and will label the latest stable release(s)

Well I will install FreeBSD 4.7 because it seems to be the best stable release...

But someone can tell me if its more hard to install than some distros of Linux??

;)

Thanks.

I installed FreeBSD 4.7 about two months ago for the first time. After being familar with RH, Yellow Dog and Solaris installs I figured it'd be a piece of cake. For the most part it was. After I RTFM Hehe.

Seriously, it's not that hard. Just pay attention to what you are doing and read what FreeBSD has on their site about installing. Should go smoothly then.

FreeBSD is not that hard to install, but it takes a lot of time (there are a LOT of packages)... The harder part comes to configuring it... that's where i'm having problems... Seems like IT doesen't like me very much ;)

LOL...

Well I have a friend that try to install FreeBSD 4.7 and he dont copy the images floppys bacause a error that say error input/output...

DO you know what is??

Can I have the same problem??

Neo

Just download the ISO from their FTP and burn that to a CD. This should bypass the floppy problem untill you need a recovery / quick boot disk...

But I think that the his system isnt bootable...

Anyway Thanks Cross !

Neo

Use what you know. The most secure operating system in the world won't do you any good if you don't know how to use it. So use something less secure by default that you know how to secure, then learn the most secure that you will eventually go to.

If you install a system and put it online it is a hack waiting to happen if you don't know how to lock all the doors.

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Originally posted here by dAggressor
Use what you know. The most secure operating system in the world won't do you any good if you don't know how to use it. So use something less secure by default that you know how to secure, then learn the most secure that you will eventually go to.

If you install a system and put it online it is a hack waiting to happen if you don't know how to lock all the doors.

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humm I think that is no problem about that....but we are never secure.. ;)

Neo

Does anyone know of a "linux security for dummies" type site that will give you a checklist or something to help you secure a *nix OS?

I think the best thing is to search on google...

You may found it there...

http://secinf.net/unix_security/

Hope that helps ;)

hummm I have here little problem now with installing FreeBSD.. well I read the installation guide and they say that when the cdrom boot it appear at my screen the sysinstall menu but my PC crash ....


What happen??

Where is the kernel configuration menu ???

thanks man, great site

At least you can get something to appear on your screen while installing BSD, i can't even do that! The installer just won't start for me. I will work on it more this weekend.

~SonicDragon

The kernel config menu will pop up after it loads the kernel. . .pop in the cd, word's'll pop up, somthing like kernel loader by someone Murray, and then a bunch of lines will scroll past showing what devices have been detected. After that you'll have a menu w/ three options, choose the graphical kernel config option (it's still text) and follow the instructions. Wouldn't hurt if you've done an inventory of everything in your comp..