Debian as first server

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need to start my first virtual server, currently debian + VMWare server is my first choice.

Machine is an old HP DL380 G3, 2.4ghz Xeon, 2.5gb ram, 2 x 36gb 3 x 73gb. Am i making a big mistake or is debian okay for thid?

(i have admin'd a Unix server for 2 years but my first real dip into linux)

 

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my first linux was corel linux many moons ago.

Since then ran fedora and ubuntu briefly but both seemed to have far too much handholding to gain any decent knolwedege.

Used to run nslu2 as a home server so i learned to love apt-get