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On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:57:07 +0800 |
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Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> Anyone got any suggestions for a lightweight server distro |
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> for an old motherboard? I've got one of the VIA mini-ITX boards, |
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> SP13000, and want to whack something light onto it. It will be |
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> working as a file/media server and will be headless, hence will be |
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> fiddled via ssh. Obviously there are the usual suspects, debian, |
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> centos, but does anyone have any recommendations viv a vis a stripped |
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> down distro, sort of like Lubuntu is to Ubuntu? |
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> Any thoughts greatly appreciated, |
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> Andrew |
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Well, if you are only going to need it as an NAS, why not try FreeNAS? |
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OK, its kernel is BSD rather than Linux, but that shouldn't be a |
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problem. |
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Kerwin. |
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