Best linux distro for squid and DHCP

TNGL · 23 Feb 2012 at 21:38

Hey,
Basically, I'm not very familiar with Linux, although I'm looking for an extremely light weight Linux distro which will run Squid and DHCP. Any recommendations? I'm not too bothered about not having a GUI, because from what I can gather, Squid only uses CLI for the initial setup and configuration, but after that you just use the web interface.

TNGL · 23 Feb 2012 at 22:55

Thanks for the suggestions. So will Squid already be in these distros, and read to install?

TNGL · 24 Feb 2012 at 07:53

Haha, thanks

Also, yes - it will be running on a home network.

TNGL · 24 Feb 2012 at 17:51

Hey, thanks for the added suggestions. I downloaded Debian, tried to install it on VMWare... and it keeps bloody failing to boot from the mounted ISO! Any suggestions? I mean, it's as though it's skipping the DVD drive... I've tried changing the boot order to no avail.

TNGL · 24 Feb 2012 at 21:31

Thanks for the suggestions, I see you're very eager for me to use pfesense, Groen

But, I ended up installing Ubuntu Server (didn't have the problem of the iso not being read), and currently have it running on 128mb of RAM so I'm fairly happy about that.

When I first installed it, I had a bit of a WTF moment when setting a static IP... I opened the configuration file up using 'vi' and I couldn't edit it, I just ended up bashing my keyboard in the hope of it doing something. Then I looked this up, and I realised I have to use the 'i' key to be in insert mode

If I get stuck in the strange world of Linux, I'll let you know. I'm currently installing webmin to make my life easier though.