On 4/9/06, Rami Mohammad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, I am a linux user since a couple of years, av been using slackware > as my desktop 4 a YEAR now, > I work in an educational centre at Irbid, we have a server with M$ > win-2000-server, they use it for net/file/printer sharing but it keeps > coughing and sneezing!! viruses every now and then and ya know :) > Although i teach English there, i offered replacing the server with linux, > what distro do u advice, and what do i need (av googled about samba, dont > know how to do net-sharing, they have a dsl)... by the way, am thinking of > trying Gentoo, what d u think of this distro, and could it suffice for the > job? >
Gentoo is very good but has a hard learning curve, if you go for a stage 1 install then it might take you a couple of days to install the base system, this happened to me on a P4 1.7. I would check Debian or CentOS if I were you. virtually yours Zaid -- --------------------------- Netiquette -> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html Netiquette Nazi -> http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/netiquettenazi.htm --------------------------- _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
