Using linux as a server

2008-07-18 Thread Nadim Hoque
I recently built a server (a q9300 core 2 quad, 8gb of ram, 1 terabyte of hard drive space) and I was hoping for now to have it as a simple file server and perhaps other types one day. There are about 25 computers on the network (24 windows 1 mac). Right now I am comfortable with opensuse 1

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-18 Thread der.hans
Am 18. Jul, 2008 schwätzte Nadim Hoque so: I recently built a server (a q9300 core 2 quad, 8gb of ram, 1 terabyte of hard drive space) and I was hoping for now to have it as a simple file server and perhaps other types one day. There are about 25 computers on the network (24 windows 1 mac). Righ

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-18 Thread Michael Sammartano
Nadim, If you are comfortable with openSUSE 11, then by all means use it! While it is true the majority of the people on this list do use debian or RedHat based products, SUSE is supported by several of us members. Many of the people on this list and others have steered away from SUSE due to th

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-22 Thread Nadim Hoque
Today I went to Boarders to purchase a opensuse 10.3 book (it is Opensuse Unleashed by Michael McCallister) and I was wondering if it will work with opensuse 11 (The thing is we do need a book/manual just in case assistance is needed in my absence). Also if I wanted to use CentOS as the server

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-22 Thread Mike Bydalek
There are a ton of guides for setting up Samba, just Google around. Personally, I got tired of setting up Samba from scratch all the time, so I've been using a Samba installer at http://majen.net/smbldap/ It works with Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS, etc. -Mike Nadim Hoque wrote: Today I went to Boa

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-24 Thread blake gonterman
Howtoforge.com has a lot of howto guides for Centos, Fedora, Debian, OpenSUSE, etc... --Gnunixguy On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Mike Bydalek < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are a ton of guides for setting up Samba, just Google around. > Personally, I got tired of setting up Samba from sc

Re: Using linux as a server

2008-07-28 Thread Dazed_75
Thought it worth pointing out that Full Circle Magazine has a 6+ part series on setting up an ubuntu server. I have not read it yet, but they are usually pretty interesting. The series in in issues 9-15 and you can read or download them at: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ -- Man is the only a