Have you tried this: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
? I'm guessing it would tell you debian, and Ubuntu would be the second choice. Their reasoning? Ubuntu is "Best suited for workstations." That said, I think you should go with Ubuntu because it would be a learning experience. If you're already running it as a desktop OS, why not poke around more and see how she does as a server? I've got a mix of debian and ubuntu boxen (and laptops) at my apartment for precisely that (learning experience) reason. -CMP On 1/6/06, Dave Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gee, I was going to chime in for Cent, but you kinda took the wind outta > my sails.. <ducks> > > Dave > > Aaron Joyner wrote: > > Greg Brown wrote: > > > >> After trying to die several times over the past six months my beloved > >> P-II CentOS home server has finally, and fully, bit the dust. > >> > >> I'm going to convert my old very slightly used P4 Win machine to my > >> new server after upgrading the disks to dual 250 gig. The only > >> question remains the OS: debian or Ubuntu? > >> > >>> From a desktop perspective I love Ubuntu but I'm a bit leary of the > >> server release only because I really haven't used it. > >> > >> What are everyone's thoughts for a home server? > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> > > I suppose I'm still a Debian man, but my reasoning goes like this. As > > I see it, the main reason for Ubuntu's inception was a) frustration > > with no recent release of Debian, b) desire to beautify the gui > > interface and make that better. There are probably other advantages, > > but those are the primary ones in my humble opinion. Given that > > there's a current and reasonably recent release of Debian (Sarge) > > which will be stably supported for the next 5 years by a distro that's > > been around long enough to prove it can do so, and the fact anything > > deemed a server probably shouldn't have X installed, I can't really > > see any reason to be running Ubuntu. > > > > That's my two cents, let the flaming Ubuntu-cheering responses ensue. > > Aaron S. Joyner > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- Cristobal M. Palmer UNC-CH SILS Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ils.unc.edu/~cmpalmer "Television-free since 2003" -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
