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Building a Linux Box
Posted on 12/18/14 at 7:39 am
Posted on 12/18/14 at 7:39 am
Anyone got ideas on where to start with this? I want to build something for around $300 - $400. No monitor or other peripherals. I'll be using it to learn linux and program.
Also suggestions on a distro. I was thinking Ubuntu.
Also suggestions on a distro. I was thinking Ubuntu.
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Posted on 12/18/14 at 7:56 am to BobRoss
I'm not familiar with the other distros but Ubuntu seems as simple to install and set up as it gets.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 8:58 am to BobRoss
The only issues I've ever had were with wifi and video cards, though both are getting better. If you want to be safe, and if you don't need much video horsepower, get a motherboard with integrated Intel video. It's cheap and extremely well-supported in Linux. Depending on what kind of programming you will be doing, you may want to go heavy on the cpu and memory to help with compilation.
quote:I use Ubuntu because it's easy and I just want to get work done. If you want to learn Linux, maybe install Ubuntu just to see how easy it can be, then wipe it and install Arch to do something a bit more difficult.
Also suggestions on a distro. I was thinking Ubuntu.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 9:03 am to Korkstand
I want to reach the point where I can manage my own server. Not sure if Ubuntu would be best for that.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 9:40 am to BobRoss
quote:Ubuntu has a server version, and it works well enough (I have a server running Ubuntu). A lot of people choose Debian for servers though, for extreme stability. Ubuntu is based on Debian, by the way.
I want to reach the point where I can manage my own server. Not sure if Ubuntu would be best for that.
It really just depends on how deep you want to go. If you are only interested in the various services you want to get running, choose a nice easy to use distro that just works like Ubuntu. If you want to get a little bit more into the how's and why's, go with Debian or maybe CentOS (RedHat "clone", and I haven't used it so not sure if I'm characterizing it correctly). If you want to get really into it, pick something that's closer to "from scratch" like Arch or Slackware.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 9:41 am to BobRoss
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I want to reach the point where I can manage my own server. Not sure if Ubuntu would be best for that.
With Linux, you can run a server on pretty much any distro unlike Windows where you need a special version. However, the most popular server distros are Red Hat and probably SUSE. If you want to go that more enterprise route, I'd start with CentOS. It's a free version that is based on Red hat.
If you are just going to be learning and doing tasks that are not hardware intensive, I would start with a virtual machine.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 10:30 am to BobRoss
quote:I'd go with CentOS first
I want to reach the point where I can manage my own server. Not sure if Ubuntu would be best for that.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 10:38 am to Korkstand
I have some minimal experience with CentOS and it's definitely a redhat clone, but free. I recommend it.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 11:34 am to BobRoss
as stated, RHEL and CentOS are 1 in the same. If your looking to get into Linux for work related reasons, stick to something close to RHEL.
As far as hardware, Linux will run on pretty much anything. If your not using it for virtualization or databases, etc... You can throw it on a bare bones system.
As far as hardware, Linux will run on pretty much anything. If your not using it for virtualization or databases, etc... You can throw it on a bare bones system.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 12:13 pm to BobRoss
I would not touch Ubuntu if you really want to learn Linux.
It's been a while since I really got my hands dirty with Linux since I switched to Mac OS X years ago, but prior to that I used to use Gentoo Linux. It's quite difficult to install for a newbie, but if you make it through, you will definitely have learned a lot.
It's been a while since I really got my hands dirty with Linux since I switched to Mac OS X years ago, but prior to that I used to use Gentoo Linux. It's quite difficult to install for a newbie, but if you make it through, you will definitely have learned a lot.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 12:27 pm to MrSmith
I would second CentOS or Fedora.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 2:57 pm to efrad
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It's been a while since I really got my hands dirty with Linux since I switched to Mac OS X years ago, but prior to that I used to use Gentoo Linux. It's quite difficult to install for a newbie, but if you make it through, you will definitely have learned a lot.
Gentoo is definitely the outlier here... Pretty much all other distros could be installed by a pop tart
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