Best Linux Server Distro

Puddles

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I'm looking for a distro that will just suit the purpose of a mail server, nothing special, just the ability to config with a web based tool and the ability to access using pop and smtp.

Tis for a company that i'm helping, they need something cheap, and as linux is free.........

Thanks

Dan
 
Another vote for FreeBSD now, I can see the benefits, although RedHat is easy enough if you're starting off.
 
it depends how experienced you are with nix really. redhat & suse are great for those needing quick results.

freebsd offers the very best security & power, but can be a bit daunting at times.
 
Yeah, got to agree with that one, FBSD can be a bit daunting at times, there are some problems with the UI of it.

If you're a newbie then you may want to stick to Linux, something like Debian is really good. It will also help with learning Linux as well :)

Shak
 
Na! If you pickup a decent boot like "Michael Urban's Freebsd Unleashed" it's not that daunting. Freebsd was my first *nix OS, I've never touched the *nix commandline before that. Granted I used DOS before but Freebsd is very logical and not too difficult to grasp ... if you got a good book ;)
 
Originally posted by Puddles
so all the distros can be configured to be a mail server, just using the included packages?
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Pretty much, or you can download other packages, the different distros are just the OS under different names!

You can use any software but I recommend horde at www.horde.org

Shak
 
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You can use any software but I recommend horde at www.horde.com
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I take it you mean horde.org?

Thats a frontend for the mail server? is the actual workings that send and recieve mail to other isp's etc built in to linux already?

Sorry for all the q's, bit of a n00b

Cheers

Dan
 
Nice URL, anyway... as for a mailserver, you can't go wrong with qmail or exim, both of which will scale to large numbers of users perfectly.
 
Red Hat, the fact that it is the most standardised makes it easy to use but it also makes it slightly more vulnrable to attack.

I don't see any compelling reason to use FreeBSD over Linux really. If you want to use BSD then Open is the one for you due to it's incredible security.

FreeBSD is nice but I don't think it's benefits (Speed, stability) are reason enough to chosse it over Linux. When I say speed and stability we are talking so small you would barely notice it!

So either OpenBSD or RH :)
 
I personally don't believe Openbsd is more secure than Freebsd or Linux as an OS. It just depends on how you lock it down. They say Openbsd is more secure ... I think thats plainly because the doods at OpenBSD have already secured it to some extent as the default install. If you was to use Linux and want tight security you won't run the box standard anyway.

edit: less Openbsd boxes get compremised plainly because less people use Openbsd ;)
 
Well yes, OpenBSD is just more secure "from the box". How secure it ends up is totally down the skills of the guy running the box :)
 
Very true Mpemba, the majority of BSD users I have come accross use FreeBSD, until I started looking into the different kinds of BSD I didnt realise that there was more than one flavour of BSD. I dont think that there are that many BSD boxes about and so it is impossible to say that one is more secure.

Shak
 
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