[thelist] Best Linux install for home development server?

[Chris Dorer]

My current setup uses a Windows laptop as my development platform.  I
installed VirtualBox on it and I've installed Ubuntu as my server on the
VirtualBox installation.

Chris

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Raoul Snyman <
raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:19:50 +0100, "Simon MacDonald" wrote:
> > 1. What is the best Linux install to go for - I was considering Ubuntu?
>
> I've used a few over the years, and settled on Ubuntu. It's one of the
> easiest
> to administrate. There's also plenty of documentation on the Internet, and
> lots
> of folks willing to help.
>
> > 2. Being used to Windows, I'm not sure what sort of hardware
> specification I
> > should be looking for to run this setup - 4gb ram and 1Tb sata disk,
> probably,
> > but not sure what processor to go for.
>
> Anything, really. My web server at home has a dual core AMD64 processor.
> My
> routing server at home is an old P2 (remember the black "toaster" type?),
> which
> runs the latest Ubuntu like a charm. Linux generally has better hardware
> compatibility than Windows (apart from a couple of printers and webcams).
>
>
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