> I've been using Qwest DSL with XMission as my ISP. I'm not sure about
> their hosting option details, pretty cheap and they give you shell
> access. I run two Linux servers and a Windows server at my house, and
> let me say, you learn a lot about Linux servers by setting them up. Just
> be sure and be a little paranoid about security when you start. I've
> been using Debian and it is pretty secure out of the box, which is nice.
>   Now all I need to do is set up back-up mail server on my second
> machine, and fail-over for my web and databases. I'm too tired to think
> about that right now though.

I've seen a few people mention Debian as their choice for their
server(s). I've got my play-server setup using Gentoo right now, but
I'm pretty sure it's not secure.

Would Debian be better? Or something else? It will only be acting as a
server, so I don't want to bother with X.

Michael

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