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[zeroradius]

Hey guys and gals,

I found my old laptop from back in high school today. I plan on wiping off WinXP which is on it at the moment and installing Linux. I do not want to use Ubuntu as I have used it in the past and for some unknown reason did not like it much. I want a distro that requires me to use the terminal/command line/ whatever its called on linux; on a fairly regular basis (to help me learn the commands) . I plan on setting up a testing "server" on it (LAMP). I mainly want to use this as a sand box so that I can gain experience in seting up and fixing problems with web servers so i can add it to my resume' . What distro should I use for this?

Edit: I'm downloading Fedora right now. It will take a while and i have to go do yard work so if any one has a better suggestion I would love to hear it.

Edit2: Posting this from Fedora. Seems to look a lot like Ubuntu so far. I was hopeing for something more command based. I was going to try slackware but could not find the download on the official site. oh well will give this a shot.

Edited by zeroradius, 09 September 2010 - 01:55 PM.

[WingedPanther]

Slackware comes to mind. Puppy and Dam(n) Small Linux are also options.

[zeroradius]

Thanks WP,

I checked out slackware before I installed Fedora. I actually wanted to go with slackware to begin with but all I could find was the 6 disk set that cost around $50. I figured it was enterprise like redhat. I re-checked the site just now and found the free downloads so i think i will download it and try it via VM ware before I install it.

I tried Puppy via VM Ware before and did not like it too much.

DSL does look good, I am seriously thinking about trying to put it on my Nintendo DS (or maybe a USB drive), I may put it on the laptop if slackware does not work out.

Thanks again,
~Zero

[DEViANT]

Have you had a look at FreeBSD releases? The FreeBSD Project

Most of the server based distros are command line with a web-interface.

You can also consider zentyal (ebox) Zentyal - The Linux Small Business Server

Both widely used for servers in the business industry