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Running a Linux or FreeBSD server....

FatTurtleFatTurtle
edited January 2005 in Software
...what packages should i install?

So far i got:

Apache
PHP
Perl
GAIM
Xfce (or other low level desktop enviroment...)
KDE
Various applications (word processing and editors)

Any other ideas...it can be anything...server related or not....

Comments

  • QQ
    Pro/PureFTPd?

    -Q
  • SlashSlash
    Use something else, not KDE.
  • nighticenightice
    What distro are you planning on using? If it's Slackware, choose A, AP, D, KDE, N, and X. Last time I checked that's around a gig.
  • stitchstitch
    MySQL.
  • noonenoone
    Slash wrote:
    Use something else, not KDE.
    *cough* he likes it because it resembles windows, id perfer xfce but thats his own desision. :)
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    Why gAIM and the other various apps? :P
  • SlashSlash
    hacked711 wrote:
    Slash wrote:
    Use something else, not KDE.
    *cough* he likes it because it resembles windows, id perfer xfce but thats his own desision. :)
    Yea he can use whatever he likes but every user can suggest using xfce or icewm instead of kde on a server.
  • BODBOD
    why would you need X on a server?
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    That's what I'm thinking. Just use the BASH Promt.
  • SlashSlash
    Personally I've never seen a linux server running a GUI...
  • FatTurtleFatTurtle
    because my friends...i also use my server as a workstation, and as delightful as text based AIM is....
  • BODBOD
    James Babb wrote:
    because my friends...i also use my server as a workstation, and as delightful as text based AIM is....

    then its not a server :P
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    It's a workstation with server tools.

    My server has no mouse or monitor. Just a keyboard for it to bootup.
  • BODBOD
    mine has a network cable and power..... thats all it needs
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    My BIOS stops on error unless I tell it other wise.

    I can't tell it otherwise becuase I have no monitor to do so.
  • BODBOD
    i turned off error reporting :P
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    I have no monitor. You really think it's that easy without seeing what you're doing.
  • JoshJosh
    BOD wrote:
    mine has a network cable and power..... thats all it needs
    So no OS HDD RAM ETC?
  • BODBOD
    jcmoor wrote:
    BOD wrote:
    mine has a network cable and power..... thats all it needs
    So no OS HDD RAM ETC?

    dumbass (fail). i mean the wires coming out of the back
  • QQ
    SaMBa if you have Windows shares.

    -Q
  • BODBOD
    or just use FTP
  • JackTheStripperJackTheStripper
    That's about all you need for a server. Anything else shouldn't be needed.

    Apache
    PHP
    Perl
    MySQL
    Samba
    Pro/PureFTPd
  • JoshJosh
    BOD wrote:
    jcmoor wrote:
    BOD wrote:
    mine has a network cable and power..... thats all it needs
    So no OS HDD RAM ETC?

    dumbass (fail). i mean the wires coming out of the back
    Your the one who thinks you can hookup a network cable and power to a PC and whola! You have a server...
  • Ka0sKa0s
    Uhh Ridgeback, I plug the toaster into my ass and get online almost every day. How do you think I'm POSTING THIS?!
  • stitchstitch
    Q wrote:
    SaMBa if you have Windows shares.

    -Q

    I like Samba, i like windows shares cuz its nice to be able to get at my personal doc folder, htdocs, and /home (where hosted ppls directories are) without ftping.

    i use CSH with PuTTY to go in, i DONT use a gui, and i dont have a monitor or keyboard hooked up on my svr, but probly will when i put it in the basement.
  • FatTurtleFatTurtle
    Gah....I've tried both Linux (2 distro's) and FreeBSD. I didnt like either one. I guess i am just a windows person.
  • BODBOD
    having windows on a server kinda seems pointless, like u gots a gui and all that junk that never gets used
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