<div dir="ltr">Yeah, in the Fedora/CentOS installs, I do believe there's an option asking what you'll be using the machine for... else, a "server install" is just not selecting any desktop manager. (At which point X wouldn't be installed either, unless you went and selected it)<br>
<br>In terms of using Fedora as a server, I tend to shy away from that, only because of the 6-mo release cycle and the 18-mo support life. I usually end up using CentOS for my servers for that reason... but, if I find I need something a bit more bleeding edge, I'll opt for Fedora.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Michael Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stuporglue@gmail.com" target="_blank">stuporglue@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Jason Hsu <<a href="mailto:jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com">jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> How about Debian? I've been able to get a minimal Debian stable command-line-only setup to work as a firewall/server at home. I wasn't able to figure out how to do this in FreeBSD.<br>
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</div>I like using Debian when I set up servers. It's partly because it's<br>
what I'm used to (having run Debian, then Ubuntu then Debian) on my<br>
desktop computers, but it's partly because the base install is nice<br>
and small, and there's a lot of documentation online (mostly<br>
unofficial) and the stable release tends has a long history of being<br>
reliable.<br>
<br>
I've used it with success in a PXE boot environment, in VMs and on<br>
real hardware and it's always been a pleasure to work with.<br>
<br>
Unless there's a compelling reason to use another distro, I'll go with<br>
Debian every time.<br>
<br>
It's probably no better or worse than any of the other distros, but it<br>
works for me.<br>
<br>
Doesn't Fedora / CentOS provide a server install that doesn't include<br>
X and all the desktop stuff? If you're a Fedora guy, that'd probably<br>
be a good place to start, unless you're looking to learn a new distro.<br>
--<br>
Michael Moore<br>
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