On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 21:17, George Lemos wrote: > I am building a server to do several things. Host a simple website and web > forum, host a voice communications utility, and run a multiplayer game > server for about 20-25 people. FYI system specs P4 1.4ghz, 1GB ram. I can > easily get this going on a windows server which is what I do for a living. > But in an effort to force myself to learn and get more experience with Linux > I would like to commit to running this box with Linux. > > Linux may use less of the boxes resources too. > > Is fedora the right choice for me? Will this distro of Linux get me to the > level of success I am looking for? I'm planning on doing this the command > line route all the way. I am assuming if I install this OS minus the GUI > I'll have extra resources for the box to do its thing. > One of the benefits of Linux is that you can turn off the GUI when nobody is interacting so why deprive yourself of tools who can make your life easier when configuring or fixing things?. Besides on a 1G box, resources used by X are not a so big deal than in the bad old times: 10 megs of memory used are only 1% of the total RAM of course I am assumming you are not running a silly OpenGL screen-server burning most of eth CPU-cycles. The main reason to not run X (even for administering) is not resources but that the way X accesses the hardware allows it to completely lock the box if it hits the right kind of bug. But having X clients display remotely through VNC or ssh is easy so why deprive yourself of them? > As a Linux novice, anything I should know or look into, be aware of, etc > that people on this list can recommend to me will be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks! > /g > > -- Jean Francois Martinez <jfm512@xxxxxxx>
