Thanks a lot for the advice. I'll check out CentOS for sure. I've heard it mentioned a lot, but never looked into it for my purposes.
ck > ck wrote: > >> So I find myself wondering. What's the best distro to put BackupPC >> on top >> of? It will be the only thing running on this box. Older >> hardware, PIII >> 500 MHz, 384 RAM. I'm only really used to Fedora. Will the latest >> Fedora >> Core, with a minimal install be OK? Are there any gotchas about which >> packages to install? Or a suggested methodology for installing stuff? > > If you want to build a server that you can leave running for a long > time without having to upgrade the OS, I'd go with CentOS (http:// > www.centos.org/) instead of Fedora. CentOS is a de-branded version of > Red Hat Enterprise Linux (which in turn is based on Fedora Core), so > you'll barely notice the difference, but CentOS has a much longer > support cycle. The current release will receive security fixes till > at least 2012 (and CentOS 5 will be released in a couple of months). > > No special recipe for the install, just follow the instructions on > the site: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html > > Nils Breunese. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
