Server

[Matt G]

Hi guys, im new here, found ya off another linux site. But here goes anyways. Im not terribly new to Linux, but i feel on another hand i am. The only version ive played with was RedHat 6.2 i do believe. But what im looking for is to run a gaming server, for online usage and LANs when need be. SO what im asking of you guys is what is best to use for a gaming server, as far as distro goes. I am Downlaoing tons of ISOs now and am getting as much as i can, so i can eventually play with them all. You ask why do i chose to do this? Well, im going to college in the fall for CIS, networking, and well, it bases on Novell i guess, but i prefer Linux( hehe) i will say i fell in love with Linux back in the day when i used it, i have some SCO Unix time with me too. But again, im not a Guru(yet). So any help you guys could give me, would be GREATLY appreciated, and if you would like to contact me personally let me know. I will email you, and we will get in a touch base situation.

Thank you for your time guys.

Matt :confused:

[MBMarduk]

For a server it really doesn't matter what distro you use.
Unlike people who want linux for their desktop/whatnot, all a server does is...well...serve. So i think you only "install once and update bugfixes/security patches".

I'd recommend Slackware as that's what I'm running and am thoroughly satisfied with it.
YMMV. Another good one might be Debian because of its "apt-get" tool...

Red Hat is known for minor security holes.
Mandrake is IMHO cr@p.

Remember the distro itself won't matter much 3 days after your server's up because you won't look back very frequently and thus it doesn't matter very much how it "feels". It's the software that counts. Ask ppl in the WeBServing forum what they think.

Welcome and Goodluck
-Mike

Side note: You MIGHT want to also check out the BDSs (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD) out there, I hear they make great servers.

[Matt G]

Thanks alot.

[undef]

when it comes to installation, update, bugfixes, and everything else apt-get comes to mind. so i suggest you try debian.