Re: [webmin-l] OS Suggestion

[Paul C. <pcu...@op...>]

Kris Deugau wrote:
> Vernon Webb wrote:
> 
>>I have to setup a DNS server and that is it. I have an old machine
>>that runs to slow using Red Hat 9.0 and/or Debian 3.0. Does any one
>>have an suggestions for a very low overhead OS for this purpose?
> 
> 
> What sort of hardware are you talking about?
> 
> Try RedHat 7.3.  It's still supported by the Fedora Legacy project;  I
> found it ran fine on P100/32M and up.
> 
> If that's too heavy, try 7.0 - but note that there is NO security
> support provided for free anywhere I know of.
> 
> It sure won't be running Webmin if it's that ancient and creaky...
> 
> -kgd
If you need a GUI, then it will always be slow.  Without a GUI/X any 
current distro should work.  CentOS and Ubuntu are good depending on 
your taste.

A good discussion (but terrible colors) at 
http://www.volny.cz/basiclinux/oldpc/