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admars · 13-02-2009, 19:39

I'd recommend www.distrowatch.com to have alook through the different Linuxes.

As others have said Live CDs are great for quick testing to see if you liek the immediate look and feel. Even better use something like Virtual box so you can knock up test boxes, either using the iso as a livecd or install them to a virtual hard drive.

CentOS and openSUSE spring to mind to me as good server ones to use.

What spec is the spare PC? How comfortable are you with Lunux/Unix/command line? A guy who look safter out work Linux web servers runs openSUSE on them, but no window manager. He controls them from command line, or remotely using an admin web page.
If you're using an old PC, you'll want to avoid KDE, Gnome, XFCE, and go for something like fluxbox, jwm
i think some of the small distros like Slitaz, puppy, and dsl can run web servers

Ubuntu I've grown to like at home for a day to day desktop os (hated not being able to just be root at first) , but now regularly use LinuxMint.
I was using openSUSE10.3 and 11 for a while (I was a bit of a distro hopper when I first installed Linux at home) but now prefer Mint.

Moldova Linux Mint is more or less Ubuntu but with loads of codec stuff already added. Plus you have the advantage of being able to use debian repos, ubuntu repos, and mint repos, so even more apps to choose from

Saying that k3b is available for most distros (you don't need to be using kde to use it) and is my fave cd/dvd burning app.

13-02-2009, 19:39	#6
admars cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,614	Re: Linux which one I'd recommend www.distrowatch.com to have alook through the different Linuxes. As others have said Live CDs are great for quick testing to see if you liek the immediate look and feel. Even better use something like Virtual box so you can knock up test boxes, either using the iso as a livecd or install them to a virtual hard drive. CentOS and openSUSE spring to mind to me as good server ones to use. What spec is the spare PC? How comfortable are you with Lunux/Unix/command line? A guy who look safter out work Linux web servers runs openSUSE on them, but no window manager. He controls them from command line, or remotely using an admin web page. If you're using an old PC, you'll want to avoid KDE, Gnome, XFCE, and go for something like fluxbox, jwm i think some of the small distros like Slitaz, puppy, and dsl can run web servers Ubuntu I've grown to like at home for a day to day desktop os (hated not being able to just be root at first) , but now regularly use LinuxMint. I was using openSUSE10.3 and 11 for a while (I was a bit of a distro hopper when I first installed Linux at home) but now prefer Mint. Moldova Linux Mint is more or less Ubuntu but with loads of codec stuff already added. Plus you have the advantage of being able to use debian repos, ubuntu repos, and mint repos, so even more apps to choose from Saying that k3b is available for most distros (you don't need to be using kde to use it) and is my fave cd/dvd burning app.